: “Now more than ever, we should be finding ways that we can come together. And this kind of action by the Department of Justice, I think, would only fuel, uh, further division in the country. And let me also say, I think it would send a terrible message to the wider world.”
“Let me be clear that no one is above the law. But with regard to the unique circumstances here, it, look, I — [] those classified, I had no business having classified documents in my residence,” said Pence. From this misleading premise, he returned to his comfortable stance of piety: “I would just hope there would be a way for them to move forward, without the dramatic and drastic and divisive step of indicting a former president of the United States. We’ve got to find a way to move forward and restore confidence in equal treatment under the law in this country.”