On Fox News the night of June 8–9, 2023, reacting to special counsel Jack Smith's federal indictment of Trump on classified documents charges, Mace said:

"I want to be very clear here: Donald Trump and I have had our ups and downs. But I want the American people to know, to make no mistake, this is the executive branch tonight trying to take out their number one opponent for the presidency of the United States in 2024. Everyone's held to a different standard but Donald Trump, and that's wrong. And, I do believe tonight that Joe Biden just secured Donald Trump's nomination for Republicans in 2024."

The statement contradicted Mace's post-January 6 comments in which she called for Trump to be held accountable and said he had no future in the GOP.

Source: Washington Times / Fox News · archived