mike pence, who has criticized trump for putting himself above the constitution, says he prefers that trump's fate be decided, quote, by voters, not criminal courts. florida governor ron desantis said, i think it's an example of the criminalization of politics. i don't think that this is something that is good for the country. even chris christie, who has been consistently critical of trump's underlying conduct told cnn he thought that jack smith's 2020 election case sufficiently covers trump's alleged georgia charges. >> i didn't think it was a necessary thing to do once you saw that jack smith was charging him federally for the very same conduct. we would have these discussions amongst federal and state prosecutors when i was u.s. attorney and we would work it out so we didn't do these things. i'm a little bit concerned this had to do with ego more than anything else. >> asa hutchinson also questioned the overreach by the georgia d.a. only will hurd described the