Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) endorsed former President Donald Trump s 2024 presidential campaign just hours before he was set to be arraigned in New York over hush money payments to an adult film star .

The prosecution of President Trump in New York is a political stunt by a prosecutor whose campaign was funded by George Soros, Hyde-Smith said in a statement posted to her Facebook page. That charade is all about self-promotion by the prosecutor and has nothing to do with justice. I believe the whole affair will backfire on the prosecutor and Democrats .

Hyde-Smith is the sixth GOP senator to back Trumps bid for another White House term, joining Lindsey Graham (S.C.), Markwayne Mullin (Okla.), Eric Schmitt (Mo.), Tommy Tuberville (Ala.) and J.D. Vance (Ohio).