Here are the top allies of Donald Trump

Donald Trump is the Republican Party's future president, since he is running for the party's nomination in 2024. The party is in a pickle but could also have its benefits because of Alvin Bragg's looming indictment.

GOP politicians spent the weekend reacting to the news that an indictment was coming, with several saying it would ultimately be a good thing for Trump's presidential chances. Here s Senator Lindsey Graham, a top ally of the former president :

Even his former vice-president turned down his former vice-president-turned-naysayer Mike Pence called the Manhattan district attorney case a politically charged prosecution before bringing up one of the GOP's usual attack lines.

I am taken aback at the idea of indicting a former President of the United States at a time when there is a crime wave in New York City, and the Manhattan DA thinks indicting President Trump is his top priority, just tells you everything you need to know about the radical left in this country, he told ABC News.

Trump seemed to be going it alone when he called for his supporters to protest the indictment. The Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, another Trump ally, was quick to swat that idea down: