House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) denounced federal charges levied against former President Donald Trump by a grand jury, vowing to use his slim majority in the lower chamber to continue investigating the Biden administration and its "two-tiered system of justice."
McCarthy responded to the slew of charges shortly after they were unsealed Tuesday evening, decrying the move as an effort from the Biden administration to distract from the legal troubles stemming from the president's son, Hunter Biden. The top House Republican criticized the timing of the indictment, which came just one day after Congress heard testimony from a longtime business associate of Hunter Biden, whom lawmakers have been investigating over the last several months over allegations of international influence peddling schemes.
