CNN —Former Vice President Mike Pence said he’s “not yet convinced” that Donald Trump’s actions on January 6, 2021, were criminal, as the former president faces a potential indictment over his actions that day.
Pence vowed to “clean house” among the Department of Justice’s top ranks if he’s elected president.
Pressed on whether he thinks his former boss should be indicted if the DOJ has evidence that he committed a crime, Pence said, “Let me be very clear: President Trump was wrong on that day.
And he’s still wrong in asserting that I had the right to overturn the election.”“But … criminal charges have everything to do with intent, what the president’s state of mind was.
And I don’t honestly know what his intention was that day,” the former vice president said.
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