“I hope the Justice Department understands the magnitude, the very idea of indicting a former president of the United States,” Pence said on Fox News.
A mob of Trump supporters fought members of law enforcement at the US Capitol Building on Jan. 6, 2021.The House select committee formally voted to refer four criminal charges against former President Donald Trump.Advertisement
“But when it comes to the Justice Department’s decision about bringing charges in the future, I would hope that they would not bring charges against the former president … As I wrote in my book, I think the president’s actions and words on January 6th were reckless. But I don’t know that it is criminal to take bad advice from lawyers. And so I hope the Justice Department is careful,” Pence said.
The former vice president also railed against select committee member Rep. Adam Schiff , who said on Sunday that he believes the “evidence is there” for the DOJ to charge Trump. “How many times did Adam Schiff say that there was evidence of collusion with Russia? Two and a half years we listened to Adam Schiff talk about evidence that he had seen that was never there,” Pence told Fox News hosts Dana Perino and Bill Hemmer, adding that he believes the committee has a “partisan taint” that has turned Americans off from the hearings.
The bipartisan panel recommended Monday that the DOJ charge Trump with inciting or assisting an insurrection, obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to make false statements to investigators, and conspiracy to defraud the US government.
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