The former president branded this latest indictment, a widespread 14-count indictment, another witch hunt to try to derail his candidacy for president as he remains the front runner for the Republican nomination and campaign donations from fellow Republicans continue to pile up after each indictment he faces.

Willis is Black, and this latest indictment marks the fourth time the former president has been indicted since last year announcing that he is making a third bid for the presidency, and in 2024 in a crowded field of GOP wannabees. The 18 co-defendants, charged collectively with 41 felony counts all together. include former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani, also the former mayor of New York City, former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and Jeffrey Clark. Read the full 97-page indictment here. Giuliani, charged with 13 counts, called the indictments an effort to silence free speech and "an affront to Democracy."

Regarding  the former president’s three other criminal indictments, all of which he has pleaded not guilty to,  the first indictment came down  in March and accuses Mr Trump of false accounting to cover up payments he made to an adult film star Stormy Daniels, to buy her silence about an alleged affair. He will go on trial in New York.

The former president, still popular with the Republican Party and his political base, was was also charged in Florida with illegally hoarding classified files at his estate there, Mar-a-Lago, and refusing to hand them back when asked, among other charges.
Trump's third indictment was unveiled two weeks ago in Washington DC. where he is accused of crimes relative to his unsuccessful efforts to overturn the 2020 election that President Biden undoubtedly won