{"id":1989151,"date":"2023-08-02T19:39:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T23:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-pence-on-trump-indictment-id-hoped-it-wouldnt-come-to-this\/"},"modified":"2023-08-02T19:39:20","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T23:39:20","slug":"mike-pence-on-trump-indictment-id-hoped-it-wouldnt-come-to-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-pence-on-trump-indictment-id-hoped-it-wouldnt-come-to-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Pence on Trump indictment: &#8216;I had hoped for a different outcome&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmike-pence-on-trump-indictment-id-hoped-it-wouldnt-come-to-this%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1989151&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former Vice President \u2063Mike \u2062Pence Reacts \u200bto Trump&#8217;s Indictment<\/h2>\n<p>Former Vice President Mike Pence expressed his hopes that \u2064former \u200dPresident Donald\u2063 Trump would \u2063not face indictment for his alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 \u2064election. Pence believed that the American people should be the ones to assess the former president&#8217;s actions.\u200b However, Trump was recently indicted on four counts by \u200da grand jury in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<h3>Pence Stands Firm on Constitutional Principles<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019d \u2064hoped it wouldn\u2019t come to this. I had hoped that this issue\u2064 and \u200dthe \u2063judgment of the president\u2019s actions that day would be left to the American people. But now it\u2019s been brought in\u2062 a criminal \u2062indictment. And I can\u2019t\u200d assess whether or not the government has the evidence to prove beyond\u200c a reasonable\u200c doubt what they assert in the \u200cindictment.\u2063 And the president\u2019s\u200b entitled\u200b to a presumption of innocence,&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Pence made these remarks during a \u200cpress conference in Indianapolis, emphasizing that he did not have the \u2064constitutional\u200c authority to\u2064 overturn the election during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/just-in-arizona-state-legislature-to-hold-public-hearing-on-election-integrity-on-monday-nov-30\/\" title=\"JUST IN: Arizona State Legislature to Hold Public Hearing on Election Integrity on Monday, Nov. 30\">special session<\/a> of Congress on January 6, 2021.<\/p>\n<h3>Trump Criticizes Pence&#8217;s Actions<\/h3>\n<p>Shortly\u200b after\u200d Pence&#8217;s statement, Trump took to Truth Social to criticize his former \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: 'Pipeline' to Obama Admin Seen as 'Currency'\">vice president<\/a>, \u2062accusing him of not fighting against election fraud. Trump claimed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seven-days-in-january-all-living-former-secretaries-of-defense-warn-trump-over-election-fight\/\" title=\"Seven Days in January? All Living Former Secretaries of Defense Warn Trump Over Election Fight\">recent developments<\/a>, including the indictment, would prove the existence of election \u200bfraud.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I feel badly for \u200bMike Pence, who is\u200c attracting no\u2062 crowds, enthusiasm, or loyalty from people who, as\u2063 a member of the Trump Administration, should be\u2063 loving him. He didn\u2019t fight against Election Fraud, which we will now be \u200deasily able to prove \u200dbased on\u2064 the most recent Fake Indictment &#038; information\u200d which will have to be made available to us, finally &#8211; a\u2062 really BIG \u2063deal. The V.P. had power that Mike didn\u2019t\u200d understand, but after the Election, the RINOS\u2063 &#038; Dems changed the law,\u2063 taking that power away!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Trump&#8217;s Indictment and\u2064 Upcoming Court Appearance<\/h3>\n<p>Trump was indicted on Tuesday on counts of conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of\u2062 and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and\u2063 conspiracy against rights. The indictment \u2062followed an investigation by special counsel Jack Smith.<\/p>\n<p>The former president is scheduled to appear before Magistrate Judge Moxila A. Upadhyaya at a courthouse in Washington on Thursday at 4 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former VP Mike Pence expressed his desire for no indictment against ex-President Trump for his alleged election interference. He hoped the public could judge Trump&#8217;s actions. 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