A number of prominent Republicans have refrained from reacting to news of former President Donald Trump's indictment since a Manhattan grand jury approved the charges on Thursday.
The relationships between Trump and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Whip John Thune's deteriorated significantly as he refused to concede his 2020 election loss to President Joe Biden. The top two Senate Republicans seldom discuss the former president in public, though they'll speak out when necessary to dispute misleading assertions that downplay the violence that occurred at the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Stefanik, the fourth-highest ranking Republican in the House and a key Trump ally, ran for her current leadership role in May 2021 after the conference voted former Rep. Liz Cheney out of the position for breaking with the former president. Despite being a frequent Trump critic who has pledged her political career to ensuring the former president never returns to the Oval Office, Cheney has been silent in the days since Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg indicted him. Once named as a potential 2024 GOP contender, Cheney has avoided being in the constant spotlight, rarely tweeting or commenting on political matters since leaving office in January.
Michael Cohen, Trump's former lawyer, testified before Congress in 2019 that he paid Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, $130,000 during the 2016 campaign to prevent her from going public about an affair she claimed to have with Trump in 2005. Cohen, who pleaded guilty and served time over the alleged payment, told lawmakers Trump reimbursed him in monthly installments.Cheney is not the only Trump critic to withhold comment on the history-making indictment.
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