Peoria Standard

U.S. Rep. Daron LaHood (R-IL) warned voters of the indictment of former President Donald Trump.

The indictment, according to LaHood, is an insult to the justice system.  

“The politically motivated indictment of President Trump is an unprecedented move that should not be taken lightly. A left-wing prosecutor who routinely lets violent criminals free targeted a political opponent with flimsy legal theory rejected by the USDOJ,” LaHood said on Facebook. “As a former federal prosecutor, I believe the actions of this DA are an affront to our justice system.” 

Trump was indicted by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg in a case surrounding hush money payments to a porn star who alleges she was paid to stay silent and not to disclose an affair with Trump. The New York Post opined the case “just convinces America that our legal system is biased and politicized.” Bragg’s predecessor refused the case for six years before he took it up.

Trump endorsed LaHood in the 2022 election cycle.

Trump responded to the indictment on his Truth Social social media platform. 

"This is Political Persecution and Election Interference at the highest level in history. From the time I came down the golden escalator at Trump Tower, and even before I was sworn in as your President of the United States, the Radical Left Democrats - the enemy of the hard-working men and women of this Country - have been engaged in a Witch-Hunt to destroy the Make America Great Again movement. You remember it just like I do: Russia, Russia, Russia; the Mueller Hoax; Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine; Impeachment Hoax 1; Impeachment Hoax 2; the illegal and unconstitutional Mar-a-Lago raid; and now this,” Trump said. 

Trump called the Democrats liars who have "cheated and stolen in their obsession with trying to 'Get Trump, but now they've done the unthinkable - indicting a completely innocent person in an act of blatant Election Interference." 

"Never before in our Nation's history has this been done," he stated. "The Democrats have cheated countless times over the decades, including spying on my campaign, but weaponizing our justice system to punish a political opponent, who just so happens to be a President of the United States and by far the leading Republican candidate for President, has never happened before. Ever.”

Trump called 'Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, who was hand-picked and funded by George Soros,' a disgrace. He alleged Bragg to have been "doing Joe Biden's dirty work" instead of "stopping the unprecedented crime wave taking over New York City." Bragg, according to Trump is "ignoring the murders and burglaries and assaults he should be focused on."

"I believe this Witch-Hunt will backfire massively on Joe Biden," the former president said of his successor. "The American people realize exactly what the Radical Left Democrats are doing here. Everyone can see it. So our Movement and our Party - united and strong - will first defeat Alvin Bragg, and then we will defeat Joe Biden, and we are going to throw every last one of these Crooked Democrats out of office so we can MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"