Mike Pence Hopes DOJ Will Not Indict Former President Donald Trump

Former Vice President Mike Pence, who announced his candidacy for the 2024 presidential race on Tuesday, said he hopes the Department of Justice (DOJ) will not indict former President Donald Trump.

Pence said that such an action would be “terribly divisive for the country” and would only “fuel further division”. He argued that the country should focus on more pressing issues such as inflation.

The former vice president, who was nearly killed by Trump during the Capitol insurrection, used his announcement speech to criticize his former boss’s attempt to overthrow the Constitution.

“Anyone who puts themselves over the Constitution should never be president of the United States, and anyone who asks someone else to put them over the Constitution should never be president of the United States again,” Pence said in his Iowa remarks.

The DOJ is currently investigating whether Trump should be charged with any crimes related to the Capitol insurrection. It is unclear whether the DOJ will take any action against the former president, but Pence has made it clear that he hopes the DOJ will “think better” of it.