2024 presidential candidates on the Trump indictments

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This page includes statements from the 2024 presidential candidates on the Trump indictments. These statements were compiled from each candidate's official campaign website, editorials, speeches, and debates.

The candidates featured on this page were the noteworthy Democratic and Republican candidates in the 2024 presidential election. Only candidates who addressed this page's issue on their campaign website, in public statements, or in public speeches have a quote featured on this page. See something we missed? Email us. The active noteworthy presidential candidates as of November 5, 2025, were:

Kamala Harris (D)
Donald Trump (R)
Chase Oliver (L)
Jill Stein (G)

Trump indictments

Democratic candidates

Joe Biden

In a campaign speech Biden said, "Folks, for the first time in American history, a former President that is a convicted felon is now seeking the office of the presidency. But as disturbing as that is, more damaging is the all-out assault Donald Trump is making on our system of justice [...] an all-out assault that is being supported by the Republican Party — not because he was convicted but the way he tries to undermine the system." ^{[source, as of 2024-06-18]}

Kamala D. Harris

Harris' campaign website said, "Vice President Harris believes that no one is above the law. She’ll fight to ensure that no former president has immunity for crimes committed while in the White House." ^{[source, as of 2024-09-09]}

Republican candidates

Asa Hutchinson

In an op-ed Hutchinson said, "Over the last eight years, we — as a party and as a nation — have forgotten the type of individual our forefathers intended the president of the United States of America to be. We have forgotten what it’s like to live under the leadership of a president who looks forward, leads by example, instinctively puts the country before the party and has no issue setting ego aside to get things done. The actions taken by former President Donald Trump demonstrate that he has chosen not to govern by honoring our shared conservative values. Instead, he has undermined the fabric of our democracy by questioning the outcome of the 2020 election and using violent rhetoric to stir protesters on January 6, 2021." ^{[source, as of 2023-05-02]}

Vivek Ramaswamy

In a Republican debate, Ramaswamy said, "We’re skating on thin ice and we cannot set a precedent where the party in power uses police force to indict its political opponents. It is wrong. We have to end the weaponization of justice in this country." ^{[source, as of 2023-08-23]}

Donald Trump

Trump's campaign website said, "The legal double-standard set against President Trump must end. Under the Crooked Biden Cartel, there are no rules for Democrats, while Republicans face criminal charges for exercising their First Amendment rights. These activities by Democrat leaders constitute a grave threat to American democracy and are direct attempts to deprive the American people of their rightful choice to cast their vote for President. Call it election interference or election manipulation—it is a dangerous effort by the ruling class to suppress the choice of the people. It is un-American and wrong. They are taking away President Trump’s First Amendment right to free speech, and the right to challenge a rigged and stolen election that the Democrats do all the time. The ones who should be prosecuted are the ones who created the corruption." ^{[source, as of 2023-12-21]}