'OutKick' founder Clay Travis grew frustrated with Mike Pence not saying if he'd pardon former President Trump, calling him 'pretty disrespectful' to his old boss.
Former Vice President Mike Pence said it was a "sad day" after Trump was indicted, but added that "no one is above the law" during a campaign stop in Derry, N.H."pretty disrespectful" to his old boss in a tense interview Wednesday about whether the Republican presidential candidate would pardon Donald Trump if elected president.for mishandling classified documents is politicized, challenged Pence to directly answer if he would pardon Trump as a matter of principle.
Pence said the pardoning authority is an"enormously important" power for someone in an executive position, calling the idea of a pardon premature, but the founder of"OutKick" wasn't pleased. "I think as a matter of principle, if you believe… Donald Trump is being prosecuted to a large extent for political-based reasons, something that has never happened in the 240-plus year history of the United States, that we are setting an awful precedent here," Travis said.
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