MADRID, 17 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Former US Vice President Mike Pence, number two of the Donald Trump Administration, has opened the door this Wednesday to his possible appearance in the commission that investigates the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021 and has condemned the attacks on the FBI after the recent operation in the mansion of his former ally.
Pence, a potential candidate for the Republican primaries for the next elections, was a key piece in the framework of the Trump Administration and, in fact, was responsible for presiding over the Senate session in which Joe’s electoral victory was to be ratified. Biden when a mob of people stormed the legislative headquarters.
The commission that investigates this assault in the House of Representatives, promoted by the Democratic Party, considers that Trump tried to convince Pence to intervene to endorse his theories, in what seems to be the beginning of the end of the rupture between the partners.
During an act in New Hampshire, the former vice president has suggested that he would be willing to appear before said commission, although it would be something “unprecedented”. “If they gave us a formal invitation, we would study it,” he responded when asked about this possibility during a public event, according to NBC News.
Pence has also spoken about the FBI raid on Trump’s mansion, to reiterate that it is something unprecedented in the history of the United States and demand more information: “This unprecedented action requires unprecedented transparency.”
However, he has distanced himself from the “Republican comrades” who have directed their criticism at the FBI, emphasizing that they are “the party of law and order” and that, therefore, they must defend the work of the FBI at all times. security forces, reports The Hill.
“The attacks against the FBI must stop,” claimed the vice president, who sees room to demand that the attorney general, Merrick Garland, be held accountable without entering into other types of criticism.
