Nevada officials react to former President Donald Trump's indictment

UPDATE:

Former President Donald Trump was taken into custody and charged with 34 felony counts related to a hush money scheme on Tuesday.

He entered a plea of not guilty during the 56-minute arraignment hearing.

Trump did not answer any questions while he was inside the Manhattan courtroom and immediately left to return to his home in Florida.

Here in Nevada, all eyes were on what was unfolding.

Channel 13 reached out to a number of local politicians and political parties about former President Donald Trump being charged with falsifying business records.

On Tuesday morning, Nevada Republicans tweeted saying "It's a sad day for America when the so-called justice system is weaponized to target opponents, censor ideas, and try to persecute those who do the right thing. We stand with President Trump."

As of Wednesday night, Channel 13 hasn't heard anything from the Nevada Democratic Party on this.

However, Congresswoman Dina Titus' office pointed us to her previous tweet that said "No one is above the law."

Here in Southern Nevada, the Trump name is easily visible on the bright gold Trump Hotel tower off the Strip and that's where some supporters showed up on Tuesday.

A police car was outside while a few people were holding a sign reading "Pray For Trump".

Another was holding a flag stating Trump won the previous election.

It could be a historic day and we spoke to Vote Nevada and College of Southern Nevada history professor Sondra Cosgrove.

She said a big percentage of voters in Nevada are non-partisan.

Channel 13 asked her is she thought Tuesday's event will matter to them.

"In this state, when you look at how nonpartisans went, they split the ticket," Cosgrove said. "They voted both Republican and Democrat in the last election but it seems like they are being driven more by gas prices, inflation, wages and I think that is really what is on their mind."

Cosgrove adds while it's sad to see a former president in this situation, it's not completely surprising.

"It is not unprecedented. People kind of have this rosy view of our history and people forget our politics have always been kind of nasty and sometimes down in the gutter," Cosgrove said. "I would just hope we can somehow figure out is it appropriate for someone who gets indicted and then maybe convicted to run to be president or do we just let the voters decide."

Cosgrove said it will be something to see how or if this will impact the former president in the future but for now, with the Nevada state legislature in session, she thinks many here are prioritizing that.

ORIGINAL STORY:

A New York grand jury reportedly voted to indict former President Donald Trump Thursday.

BREAKING STORY: Grand jury votes to indict former President Donald Trump

What's known about the indictment is that the case stems from alleged hush-money payments to a porn actress.

Throughout March, Trump has made suggestions that he knew criminal charges were coming on social media. The Associated Press reported that Trump's lawyer informed him of the New York indictment.

In light of the news, Nevada officials are reacting to his indictment.

The Nevada Attorney General, Aaron D. Ford, shared this statement, "Today's indictment of former President Trump is a necessary step toward ensuring nobody- former presidents included - is above the law."

Ford continues saying, "We must push back on any notion that this indictment is political. This is a bad faith argument meant to distract from the hard work done by law enforcement in uncovering evidence and securing this indictment."

Titus also posted a tweet after the news, saying "no one is above the law."

KTNV will be updating this story with more reactions and statement as they come in.