Top Republicans and conservatives from around the country were outraged on Thursday in response to the news that former President Donald Trump had been indicted.

A federal grand jury in Florida reportedly indicted the former president on seven charges in the criminal investigation into his handling of classified material after leaving office. While no one has seen the charges, reports indicated that they range from willful retention of national defense information, conspiracy to obstruct justice, and false statements.

“The weaponization of federal law enforcement represents a mortal threat to a free society,” DeSantis, who is also running for president, said in a statement. “We have for years witnessed an uneven application of the law depending upon political affiliation.”

“Why so zealous in pursuing Trump yet so passive about Hillary or Hunter?” he continued. “The DeSantis administration will bring accountability to the DOJ, excise political bias and end weaponization once and for all.”

The weaponization of federal law enforcement represents a mortal threat to a free society.

We have for years witnessed an uneven application of the law depending upon political affiliation.

Why so zealous in pursuing Trump yet so passive about Hillary or Hunter?

The DeSantis…

— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) June 9, 2023

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said that it was a “dark day for the United States of America” and added that House Republicans would “hold this brazen weaponization of power accountable.”

Conservative radio host Buck Sexton wrote: “This isn’t even the last of the criminal indictments Trump will face. They’re going to try to bury him in prosecutions. They see no point in holding back now. Declaration of all out lawfare.”

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This isn’t even the last of the criminal indictments Trump will face

They’re going to try to bury him in prosecutions

They see no point in holding back now

Declaration of all out lawfare

— Buck Sexton (@BuckSexton) June 9, 2023

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) responded: “Indicting Donald Trump is the culmination of what Merrick Garland has been pushing for since he became Attorney General. The weaponization of our Department of Justice against enemies of the Biden admin[istration] will do enormous damage to the rule of law & have a lasting impact.”

Twitter owner Elon Musk responded, “There does seem to be far higher interest in pursuing Trump compared to other people in politics.”

“Very important that the justice system rebut what appears to be differential enforcement or they will lose public trust,” Musk continued.

There does seem to be far higher interest in pursuing Trump compared to other people in politics.

Very important that the justice system rebut what appears to be differential enforcement or they will lose public trust.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 8, 2023

President Joe Biden has yet to provide an interview for the Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into his handling of classified documents, according to three sources familiar with the matter.

Sources told NBC News there are few signs that the inquiry into Biden is winding down, a stark contrast to the probes into former Vice President Mike Pence and former President Donald Trump over their handling of classified materials after leaving office.

These three insiders said Biden’s advisers have decided Biden will provide an interview to the investigating special counsel, Robert Hur, but only when terms are agreed upon between Biden’s legal team and the DOJ. The sources stressed that the absence of an interview with the person under scrutiny indicates the investigation is not close to being completed, as such a discussion would be expected as a final step.

NBC: Biden "has yet to be interviewed" by the special counsel investigating the classified documents Biden hid in his home, office, and garage because his lawyers and his Justice Department haven't yet agreed on "conditions" pic.twitter.com/BcnHytBamd

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) June 8, 2023

Biden’s team said they found about 10 records marked classified while clearing out Biden’s office at a D.C. think tank in the days before the 2022 midterms, although that discovery was not made public until January, when CBS News broke the story of a DOJ inquiry.

Since then, searches by Biden’s lawyers and the FBI have taken place at Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware, and his beach house in Rehoboth, Delaware, which have turned up more materials of interest to investigators.

Some of the documents found in locations linked to Biden date back not only to his time as vice president but also to his tenure as a U.S. senator. Biden’s representatives have insisted that they have been cooperative with investigators.

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Pence’s legal team announced last week that the DOJ determined it would not pursue criminal charges against him in a separate inquiry focused on classified records found at his Indiana home. A source told NBC News that Pence had been interviewed as part of the investigation and cleared of wrongdoing.

Trump announced Thursday evening the Biden administration had informed his attorneys that he had been indicted, “seemingly over the Boxes Hoax.” He denies wrongdoing, claiming he declassified documents in his possession before leaving office and had a right to take them.

Attorneys for Trump visited the DOJ on Monday as special counsel Jack Smith reportedly neared a charging decision on the storage of classified records and obstruction of justice by resisting the government’s efforts to retrieve the materials, which included a raid of the former president’s Mar-a-Lago home in Florida last summer.

Both Trump and Pence are now 2024 candidates for president, looking to take on Biden in the general election.