Former Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday that he would fire FBI Director Christopher Wray “on day one” if elected president, saying Americans had “lost faith” in the Justice Department.
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“Can you fire Christopher Wray?” former Trump administration official and Fox Business host Larry Kudrow asked Pence. (Related: ‘We have a rogue country’: Trump speaks for first time since arraignment)
“First day. First day,” replied Mr. Pence. “The American public has lost faith in the Justice Department. They just have it. You hear it everywhere you go.”
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Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis promised in a May 24 interview with Fox News that he would fire Wray on his first day in office, but former New Jersey Republican Gov. He announced his intention to continue as FBI director. at CNN Town Hall on Monday. Businessman Vivek Ramaswamy has called for the FBI to shut down following the release of the Durham report on the origins of an investigation into alleged collusion with Russia in Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.
“As the old saying goes, we are a nation of laws, not a nation of men. We must restore our confidence,” Pence added.
Pence has criticized his remarks as “two-tiered” on multiple occasions, including at the CNN Town Hall on June 7, ahead of the indictment of former President Donald Trump.
After a special counsel secured a grand jury indictment on 37 charges, including violating the Espionage Act, which was unsealed on Friday, President Trump said he was “not guilty” of all charges in an arraignment on Tuesday. made an answer. The former president’s indictment follows an investigation into classified documents that were the subject of the Aug. 8 raid in Mar-a-Lago, Fla., which he owns.
“If I were the President of the United States, you and I would know each other well, and you would know my standards. I would go looking for men and women of impeccable integrity. Republicans and Democrats will take notice and say it’s people who are “committed to enforcing the law and fair justice,” Pence told Kudlow. “Appointing these people will change the culture and begin to restore faith in the Department of Justice and in America’s justice system.”
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