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Former Vice President Mike Pence said he hopes the DOJ doesn't move forward with an indictment. Former President Donald Trump's political rivals and allies alike are weighing in as he faces a potential second indictment. With Trump on notice that he is facing the prospect of indictment in connection to a special counsel investigation into his handling of classified documents while out of office, sources familiar with the matter confirmed to ABC News, politicians have offered a range of responses, from more cautious refrains of "wait and see" to calls for him to suspend his campaign. Here’s what they’ve had to say so far. 2024 rivals Mike Pence, Trump's vice-president-turned-2024-opponent, said Thursday he hopes another indictment is not imminent. "I would hope the Department of Justice did not move forward. Not because I know the facts, but simply because I think after years where we've seen a politicization of the Justice Department is to undermine c...

Nikki Haley, in the strongest statement yet, called it a "sad day for America." The first Republican primary debate and a mug shot for the History books. It was a split-screen week for the GOP as eight presidential hopefuls gathered in Milwaukee on Wednesday night to spar on Ukraine, abortion and other issues. Absent from the stage but not the public eye was former President Donald Trump, who surrendered Thursday at the Fulton County jail in the Georgia election case. For the first time in his four indictments, Trump had his mug shot taken. Former President Donald Trump steps off his plane as he arrives at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Aug. 24, 2023, in Atlanta. Alex Brandon/AP Now, some of his Republican rivals are being asked to weigh in on the image. And some congressional allies are posting their own versions in solidarity. MORE: Donald Trump's campaign using mug shot in fundraising push President Joe Biden's team, meanwhile, released a new ...

Each of Trump's three indictments have landed like thunderclaps: massive, booming disruptions to the news cycle and immediate additions to historical records Each of Donald Trump's three indictments -- the latest of which came on Tuesday -- have landed like thunderclaps: massive, booming disruptions to the news cycle and immediate additions to historical records. Yet for all that noise, and how unprecedented the mounting charges against the former president are, they have so far been received in utterly familiar ways. Trump claims he is being unjustly targeted, as he did again on Tuesday, and he continues to drive conversations and dominate early primary polls in a political world remade by his rules of revenge and grievance. The Republican front-runner now faces a third set of felony indictments -- this time connected to his push to overturn his 2020 election defeat, with searing images of Jan. 6 a reminder of how close forces aligned with his interests came to succeeding. Wi...