As Donald Trump, the leading candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, prepares to face a judge for the second time in 10 weeks, the members of his party are continuing to weigh in on his indictment by the special counsel in the documents case.

Here's what some Republican lawmakers are saying today about Trump:

Sen. Lindsey Graham acknowledged the seriousness of the allegations of mishandling of classified documents laid out in the federal indictment of Donald Trump. 

"Most politicians get in trouble by self-inflicted wounds," Graham added. "Yeah I mean he believes he had the right to possess these under the Presidential Records Act. I don't know whether that's accurate or not."

Graham said he would continue to support Trump, but would not clarify if he'd keep supporting Trump should the former president be convicted. 

"I intend to support the president," Graham, adding he doesn't think the case will go to trial before the election.

Sen. Thom Tillis would not say if he’s concerned about the allegations in the indictment.

 “That’s what the prosecution has to prove,” he said.

Tillis also claimed that Trump could be a viable 2024 candidate: “If you take a look at him, everyone counted him out in 2016 so I don’t think you should underestimate Donald J. Trump.”

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise this morning was pressed on the substance of the indictment of the former President and immediately pivoted to talking points that “justice is not being carried out equally.”

Scalise went on to falsely claim the pictures of the boxes released over the weekend merely showed unclassified newspaper clippings.

Sen. Eric Schmitt, a Republican from Missouri, attacked the Biden administration ahead of the arraignment of Trump this afternoon. 

“This is banana republic stuff. It's a very dangerous road to go down in this country to have these sort of political prosecutions. As a former AG. I'm very sensitive to this.”

Trump endorsed Schmitt in his Senate run in 2022, although it was quite late in the process. 

Sen. Chuck Grassley, a Republican of Iowa, said, "Whenever you have these accusations, it's got to concern you," and added, "we have to just let the thing play out and and just see what happens but I'm reading all I can on it and trying to keep up.”

Grassley did not answer CNN on whether he has read the full indictment. 

Rep. Don Bacon harshly criticized Trump for his alleged mishandling of classified documents and issued a strong warning about the indictment's impact the Republican presidential primary. 

"I just think the emperor has no clothes, and we need to have Republicans stand up and say that, because come around after the primary and I guarantee the other party's going to be saying this," he said.

Bacon pushed back on Republicans who have questioned the legitimacy of the charges, saying that, if all the allegations in the indictment are true, "I don't think you can deny it."