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<blockquote data-quote="WPLG" data-source="post: 64575" data-attributes="member: 158">Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday urged <a href="https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-steve-bannon-presidential-mar-a-lago-biden-cabinet-c147d730769765d421eb9a9e420555b7" target="_blank">fellow Republicans</a> to <a href="https://apnews.com/article/ghislaine-maxwell-social-media-donald-trump-mar-a-lago-31741bb13f708ee68b523592623341eb" target="_blank">stop lashing out at the FBI</a> over the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-mar-a-lago-government-and-politics-9e8d683afe87389407950af7ccfdbdd6" target="_blank">search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida home</a> last week.Speaking in New Hampshire, Pence was asked what went through his mind when he heard about the FBI search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home as part of a federal investigation into Trump took classified records from the White House.<a href="https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-arizona-donald-trump-election-2020-e281f4ba536caf96da2b46658da35b86" target="_blank">Pence, who like Trump is considering a 2024 presidential bid</a>, said he has been troubled by what he called the politicization of the FBI. He also said the Justice Department and Attorney General Merrick Garland should be more transparent about what led authorities to conduct the search.But Trump's former vice president also had a message for the GOP.“I also want to remind my fellow Republicans, we can hold the attorney general accountable for the decision he made without attacking the rank-and-file law enforcement personnel at the FBI,” he said at the Politics &amp; Eggs event at St. Anselm College.“The Republican Party is the party of law and order,” Pence continued. “Our party stands with the men and women who stand on the thin blue line at the federal and state and local level, and these attacks on the FBI must stop. Calls to defund the FBI are just as wrong as calls to defund the police.”Law enforcement officials across the country have warned about an increase in threats and the potential for violent attacks on federal agents or buildings by Trump supporters who believe the FBI went too far in investigating the former president.<a href="https://www.local10.com/news/politics/2022/08/17/pence-tells-gop-to-stop-lashing-out-at-fbi-over-trump-search/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="WPLG, post: 64575, member: 158"] Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday urged [URL='https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-steve-bannon-presidential-mar-a-lago-biden-cabinet-c147d730769765d421eb9a9e420555b7']fellow Republicans[/URL] to [URL='https://apnews.com/article/ghislaine-maxwell-social-media-donald-trump-mar-a-lago-31741bb13f708ee68b523592623341eb']stop lashing out at the FBI[/URL] over the [URL='https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-mar-a-lago-government-and-politics-9e8d683afe87389407950af7ccfdbdd6']search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida home[/URL] last week. Speaking in New Hampshire, Pence was asked what went through his mind when he heard about the FBI search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home as part of a federal investigation into Trump took classified records from the White House. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-arizona-donald-trump-election-2020-e281f4ba536caf96da2b46658da35b86']Pence, who like Trump is considering a 2024 presidential bid[/URL], said he has been troubled by what he called the politicization of the FBI. He also said the Justice Department and Attorney General Merrick Garland should be more transparent about what led authorities to conduct the search. But Trump's former vice president also had a message for the GOP. “I also want to remind my fellow Republicans, we can hold the attorney general accountable for the decision he made without attacking the rank-and-file law enforcement personnel at the FBI,” he said at the Politics & Eggs event at St. Anselm College. “The Republican Party is the party of law and order,” Pence continued. “Our party stands with the men and women who stand on the thin blue line at the federal and state and local level, and these attacks on the FBI must stop. Calls to defund the FBI are just as wrong as calls to defund the police.” Law enforcement officials across the country have warned about an increase in threats and the potential for violent attacks on federal agents or buildings by Trump supporters who believe the FBI went too far in investigating the former president. [url="https://www.local10.com/news/politics/2022/08/17/pence-tells-gop-to-stop-lashing-out-at-fbi-over-trump-search/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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