A far right Arizona congressman on Friday appeared to call for unrest in an incendiary social media post.
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) said “we have now reached a war phase” as prosecutors unsealed a 37-count indictment against former President Donald Trump in connection with the handling of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
Special counsel Jack Smith unsealed the charges Friday.
“We have now reached a war phase,” Biggs tweeted. “Eye for an eye.”
Biggs in a social media post earlier on Friday echoed the former president’s allegation that Trump is the victim of a political persecution.
“The Biden Admin is weaponizing our federal police apparatus to target their top political opponent,” Biggs tweeted.
“Even worse, their move comes as soon as we unveiled that both Joe and Hunter received $5 million from a foreign entity. This is exactly what an authoritarian regime looks like."
Biggs, a third-term congressman and a loyal Trump supporter who backs the former president’s baseless claims that the 2020 election was stolen, is no stranger to controversy.
Former Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers, a Republican who also supported Trump in the 2020 election, alleged that Biggs urged him to decertify the 2020 election.