WSJ editorial board member: “Funny business” going on with indictments of Republican congressmen

Mary Kissel: Reps. Chris Collins and Duncan Hunter “were indicted less than three months before the election, which is completely inappropriate”

From the August 26 edition of Fox News' Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo

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MARIA BARTIROMO (HOST): It feels like every time you have positive news on the GOP side, the detractors come out with some other big story, to sort of, “oh, nothing going on here, let's look over here.” Mary?

MARY KISSEL (WSJ EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER): Yeah, and there's some funny business going on too. Look at the indictments; you had a representative in New York, [Chris] Collins and Duncan Hunter in California who were indicted less than three months before the election, which is completely inappropriate. Very hard for Republicans now to put another name on the ballot in both of those areas. So it can be a dirty business, Maria, unfortunately, but an awful lot at stake in this election.

Related:

Wash. Post: Rep. Chris Collins charged with insider trading, federal prosecutors announce

CNN: Rep. Duncan Hunter and his wife indicted in use of campaign funds for personal expenses

Previously: 

No crime but a witch hunt: Pro-Trump media’s off-the-wall reactions to Manafort's conviction and Cohen's guilty plea

WSJ's Mary Kissel: The FBI should be investigating the “crime” of leaking Michael Flynn's name being leaked to the press