Former President Donald Trump charged ahead with his bid for the GOP nomination Friday at a major Republican event in Iowa largely ignoring the new charges he faces in the federal classified documents probe . It was Trumps only indirect reference to the recent news that the former president an aide and a MaraLago worker face expanded charges in the special counsel investigation into Trumps possession of classified documents . The Iowa GOPs Lincoln Dinner is a highprofile gathering of party officials donors and supporters in the state set to kick off the nominating process in January . Will Hurd the former Texas congressman and noted Trump critic was jeered and shouted down as he unleashed the strongest attack on any candidate at the dinner . Former Vice President Mike Pence implicitly urged Republicans to leave Trump behind his exticket mate . Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson also urged the GOP to move on Trump and urged the move on the move from Trump to a different conservative leadership because different times calls for different conservative values because of different times of different leadership . The event was held on Friday night in Des Moines . Trump appeared uncomfortable at times Friday under the timeconstrained format and looked down at his notes for much of his speech and tried to explain why he was speeding through his remarks . He also took credit for Iowa remaining the first state to vote in the GOP presidential nominating process . He said he would not take a chance on the Republican presidential presidential presidential nominating contest . He pointed to Iowa . The former president and said he did not want to take a ‘hot-headedness of the . presidential bid to avoid being a ‘hot-head’ and said that he would be ‘underesteresterested and ‘taken a chance’ in his speech. He said. He also looked down
Trump largely ignores new federal charges at major Iowa Republican gathering . Trump largely ignored new federal
