Donald Trump indicted: Pence breaks silence, says ‘Georgia election was not stolen’
Julia Johnson
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Former Vice President Mike Pence broke his silence regarding former President Donald Trump’s latest indictment in Georgia during a keynote speech on Wednesday, telling attendees, “The Georgia election was not stolen and I had no right to overturn the election on January 6.”
Pence was speaking in Indianapolis, Indiana, during the National Conference of State Legislatures’ 2023 Legislative Summit when he appeared to address the Monday evening indictment of Trump and 18 others by a Georgia grand jury for violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO, in relation to attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
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“No one is above the law,” he added, reports Politico. He also noted that “the president and all those implicated are entitled to the presumption of innocence.”
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Pence further claimed the accuracy of the Georgia election results was a “hard truth.” He pointed to Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA), who he claimed “said it well” on Tuesday.
“For nearly three years now, anyone with evidence of fraud has failed to come forward — under oath — and prove anything in a court of law. Our elections in Georgia are secure, accessible, and fair and will continue to be as long as I am governor,” Kemp wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
His response came after Trump announced a press conference next week where he plans to present a report that he claims will exonerate him in Georgia. The former president maintains that the Georgia election was rigged in 2020.
Pence added that he hopes Trump will attend the Republican National Committee primary debate next week.
Vivek Ramaswamy was the only relatively prominent candidate to preemptively respond to the Monday indictment. He first denounced the looming indictment on X, then reacted to it during a town hall event on NewsNation.
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Representatives for Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, and Pence did not provide statements to the Washington Examiner at the time of the indictment. Both DeSantis and Scott responded on Tuesday, slamming the indictment as an example of politicization of the justice system.
Haley hasn’t commented on the indictment and previously stated she is “tired of commenting on every Trump drama.”