Republican presidential candidates on Sunday downplayed the seriousness of former President Donald Trump’s legal troubles in the face of more potential criminal charges — perhaps because the White House hopefuls have no choice.
left office. The former president is also facing charges in Manhattan for alleged campaign finance violations from hush-money payments to women before the 2016 election.
Former Vice President Mike Pence said he believes another criminal indictment would “only contribute” to the feelings among Americans that the Department of Justice has “lost the confidence” of U.S. citizens. “I do think that the Department of Justice has lost the confidence of the American people,” the GOP presidential candidate said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
“I’ve said many times that the president’s words were reckless, that I had no right to overturn the election,” Mr. Pence continued. “But while his words were reckless, based on what I know, I’m not yet convinced they were criminal.”showed poor judgment about the U.S. Capitol attack but that he did not commit a crime.made.
Former Maryland Republican Gov. Larry Hogan suggested Sunday that the crowded field of preferential candidates is failing to chip away at Mr.An outspoken critic of the former president, Mr. Hogan said the criminal charges have failed to “hurt
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