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Some of President Donald Trump’s staunchest supporters immediately took to social media Saturday to blast his possible indictment, after he predicted he would be arrested Tuesday and called for protests.

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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said an indictment would be “an outrageous abuse of power” by Bragg, noting he would direct committees to investigate whether federal funds were used to interfere in the 2024 presidential election “with politically motivated prosecutions.”

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) tweeted Saturday that Trump “did nothing wrong” and claimed, with no evidence, Justice Department officials were coordinating with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to indict Trump, saying, “This is what they do in communist countries to destroy their political opponents!”

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said Trump “used his own money to resolve a private dispute” and called a possible indictment “an absurd abuse of

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