In an interview with ABC News' Jonathan Karl, former Vice President Mike Pence commented Saturday on the prospect of Trump's arrest amid an investigation led by the Manhattan district attorney's office.
“I'm taken aback at the idea of indicting a former President of the United States, at a time when there's a crime wave in New York City,” Pence said.
“The fact that the Manhattan DS thinks that indicting President Trump is his top priority, I think, it just tells you everything you need to know about the radical left in this country.”
Pence added that “it just feels like a politically charged prosecution here” and that “it's just not what the American people want to see.”
About Trump's calls for protests, Pence did not oppose the idea asserting that “the American people have a constitutional right to peacefully assemble.”
“The frustration the American people feel about what they sense is a two-tier justice system in this country, I think is well founded, but 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 then added: “The violence that occurred on January 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.”
