Former Vice President Mike Pence said the potential arrest of ex-President Donald Trump by the Manhattan district attorney would be a “politically charged prosecution.”
“THE FAR & AWAY LEADING REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE & FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WILL BE ARRESTED ON TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. PROTEST, TAKE OUR NATION BACK!” Trump said in an all-caps message to his supporters.
ABC’s Jonathan Karl asked Pence about how the words the former president used were similar to his comments before throngs of his supporters stormed theDonald Trump on Saturday said on his Truth Social platform that he would be arrested in Manhattan on Tuesday, and rallied his supporters to “protest, take our nation back.”central role
“I believe that people understand that if they give voice to this, if this occurs on Tuesday, that they need to do so peacefully and in a lawful manner,” Pence said. “That the violence that occurred on Jan. 6, the violence that occurred in cities throughout this country in the summer of 2020 was a disgrace. The American people won’t tolerate it and those that engage in that kind of violence should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” he continued.
And while Pence, who’s mulling his own 2024 presidential bid, has said he’ll challenge a subpoena to testify in special counsel “We’re not asserting executive privilege, which may encompass other discussions,” he said.
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