Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) argued that special counsel Jack Smith's handling of former President Donald Trump's classified documents case is a subversion of the rule of law.

Hawley shared the concern during an interview on Fox News' "The Ingraham Angle."

Hawley: DOJ Handling of Trump Docs Case a ‘Subversion of the Rule of Law‘ https://t.co/vE3k2Foj9d via @BreitbartNews

— Mike Fissinger, Still Deplorable! Now More MAGA! (@MikeF2101) July 30, 2023

A two-tiered system

“Is it any coincidence that the DOJ rushes to add these new indictments today after the Hunter debacle, after their own self-dealing and two-timing is exposed, after they tried to hide from us the true extent of this plea deal that gets blown up and then it’s like, oh, we got to go indict Trump on something else," Hawley said.

“I mean, it’s so brazen right now what they’re doing, it is really a subversion of the rule of law,” he continued. “I mean, they’re taking the rule of law, turning it on its head. And Laura, we cannot allow this to stand, the American people are not going to be safe, our rule of — our system of government is not going to be safe if this is going to be the new standard.”

How many times is Biden's corrupt DOJ going to indict President Trump?!https://t.co/L2DGBJjGJJ

— Brigitte Gabriel (@ACTBrigitte) July 28, 2023

More charges

"New charges — and a new defendant — added to the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump underscore how the Mar-a-Lago investigation is still very much ongoing, even as the focus has been on an expected indictment in a separate case related to the 2020 election," the Associated Press reported.

"In an updated indictment handed down Thursday, prosecutors allege that Trump asked a staffer to delete camera footage at his Florida estate in an effort to obstruct the federal investigation into his possession of classified documents," it added.

BREAKING: Special counsel files new indictment leveling additional charges against former President Trump for his handling of classified documents, and charges a third defendant. https://t.co/FXsEYylSQy

— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 27, 2023

A new defendant

"The superseding indictment claims that Walt Nauta and De Oliveira met up at a security guard booth where security video was displayed on monitors and that De Oliveira later stepped into an audio closet with another employee, identified as Yuscil Taveras by a source familiar with the matter, and had a conversation that De Oliveira said should be kept between them," NBC News reported.

"De Oliveira asked Taveras how long the server retained video, and Taveras indicated it was about 45 days, according to the indictment," it continued.

"De Oliveira said that 'the boss' wanted the server deleted, but Taveras responded that he did not believe he would have the right to do that and would need to speak with the supervisor of security, the indictment says," it added.

Trump has continued to plead not guilty to all charges in the indictment as he faced dozens of charges related to the classified records.

The issue has not hurt him in polls yet as the former president continues to stand as the Republican leader ahead of the primaries.