2024 candidates, lawmakers react to Trump indictment

(NewsNation) — The federal grand jury indictment of former President Donald Trump has sparked a variety of reactions from lawmakers and 2024 presidential candidates.

Republican challenger Ron DeSantis called the indictment a "mortal threat to a free society."

"We have for years witnessed an uneven application of the law depending upon political affiliation," DeSantis said. "Why so zealous in pursuing Trump yet so passive about Hillary or Hunter? The DeSantis administration will bring accountability to the DOJ, excise political bias and end weaponization once and for all."

Asa Hutchinson, another 2024 Republican opponent of the former president, suggested that in light of the indictment, Trump should end...