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Trump can be indicted on January 6
Cully Stimson, senior legal counsel for the Heritage Foundation, joins “Fox News Live” to explain how this potential indictment will look different from the classified documents case.
Former Vice President Mike Pence called former President Donald Trump’s actions during the Jan. 6 protest at the US Capitol “reckless” but said he is “not sure” his former boss committed any crimes.
“I’ve said many times that the president’s words that day were reckless. I had no right to overturn the election. But while his words were reckless, from what I know, I’m still not convinced they were criminal. I obviously didn’t attend every meeting,” Pence said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
Last week, Trump announced that he had received a letter from special counsel Jack Smith saying he was the target of a grand jury investigation on Jan. 6. The former president said he expects both an arrest and charges.
Pence, who is running for president in the 2024 election, said he hopes “it doesn’t come” to an indictment against Trump regarding the 2020 election and Jan. 6, while noting that he believes he personally handled the day well.
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Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the New York Times DealBook Summit at the Jazz At Lincoln Center on November 30, 2022 in New York City. (Michael M.Santiago/Getty Images)
“I know I did my duty that day,” Pence told CNN’s Dana Bash.
“In one town hall after another, all over New Hampshire, I heard a deep concern… about the unequal treatment of the law, and I think another indictment of the former president will only add to that feeling among the American people,” Pence said. “I’d rather these issues and the judgment of his conduct be left to the American people on January 6 in the upcoming primaries, and I’ll leave it at that.”
Pence added that he “didn’t know what (Trump’s) intention was” on January 6, 2021, summarizing what he saw of the former president as “reckless.”
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“I believe history will hold him accountable. I believe the Republican primary voters know we need new leadership in this party. I know some pundits and pollsters think things are different there,” Pence continued.
Trump supporters occupy the western front of the Capitol and the inauguration will take place on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
If indicted on Jan. 6, it would be Trump’s third indictment this year.
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The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office indicted Trump in March over payments made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election. Trump pleaded not guilty in that case and has denied sleeping with Daniels or falsifying business records to conceal the payment.
Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on August 6, 2022 in Dallas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
Trump was again indicted in June on charges of willful withholding of national defense information, conspiracy to obstruct justice and false statements. Trump pleaded not guilty and dismissed the allegations as a “witch hunt”.
Trump denounced the Justice Department after receiving a letter revealing he was the target of a grand jury investigation into his January 6 actions, calling the case another “witch hunt.”
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“Joe Biden’s Attorney General, Merrick Garland, whom I dismissed before the Supreme Court of the United States (in hindsight, based on his corrupt and unethical actions, a very wise decision!) along with Joe Biden’s Department of Injustice, effectively issued a third indictment and arrest of Joe Biden’s POLITICAL OPPOSITION NUMBER ONE, who largely dominates him in the race for president,” Trump wrote on Truth last week. Social.