{"id":2002590,"date":"2023-08-16T14:48:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T18:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pence-reacts-to-trumps-latest-indictment-georgia-election-was-not-stolen\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T14:50:05","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T18:50:05","slug":"pence-reacts-to-trumps-latest-indictment-georgia-election-was-not-stolen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pence-reacts-to-trumps-latest-indictment-georgia-election-was-not-stolen\/","title":{"rendered":"Pence on Trump&#8217;s Indictment: &#8216;Georgia Election Wasn&#8217;t Stolen&#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\">16<\/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%2Fpence-reacts-to-trumps-latest-indictment-georgia-election-was-not-stolen%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=2002590&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--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<h2>Former Vice President Mike Pence Responds to\u2064 Indictment\u200b of\u200b Former President Donald J. Trump<\/h2>\n<p>In a recent statement, former Vice President Mike Pence addressed the Fulton County, Georgia, indictment \u200cof former President Donald J. Trump. \u200cPence emphasized that &#8220;no one&#8217;s above the law&#8221; and\u2064 made it clear that &#8220;the Georgia election was not\u2063 stolen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Now, this week comes\u200c another\u2064 indictment regarding the former president&#8217;s conduct in the days leading up to the close\u200d of our administration,&#8221; Mr. Pence, who is one\u2062 of President Trump&#8217;s rivals for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, said during\u2064 an Aug. 16 appearance at the National Conference of\u200d State Legislatures in Indianapolis.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve said many times that I hope the judgment about those days will be left to the American people and\u2064 to \u200bhistory.\u2062 Such is not the case,&#8221; he continued.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border border-[#D3D3D3] px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related \u200dStories<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/pence-says-trump-gave-him-a-choice-on-jan-6-and-he-chose-the-constitution-5458701\">Pence \u2064Says Trump Gave Him a Choice on Jan. 6 \u200cand He &#8216;Chose the Constitution&#8217;<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-[14px] leading-[18px] text-[#737373]\">8\/11\/2023<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/pence-would-increase-defense-spending-by-1-3-trillion-over-10-years-5448597\">Pence Would Increase Defense Spending by $1.3 \u200dTrillion Over 10 Years<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-[14px] leading-[18px] text-[#737373]\">8\/7\/2023<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;No one&#8217;s above the law, and the president and all those implicated are entitled to the presumption \u2062of innocence that every American enjoys,&#8221; Mr.\u2064 Pence said.<\/p>\n<p>Late in the\u200c evening\u2064 on Aug. 14,\u2062 a Fulton County jury handed up an indictment of President Trump and 18 others, including former Trump attorneys Jenna Ellis and Rudy Giuliani, \u200cformer White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, and John Eastman.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Eastman <a href=\"https:\/\/claremontreviewofbooks.com\/constitutional-statesmanship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote the memo<\/a> that outlined what he later called &#8220;the most aggressive \u2062claims of vice-presidential power&#8221; whereby Mr. Pence could theoretically have decided the outcome of the\u200d 2020 election in favor \u200bof Mr. Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Although the indictment <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/georgia-grand-jury-returns-indictment-in-trump-2020-case-5455188\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lists other charges<\/a>, every individual listed \u2063was charged under Georgia&#8217;s Racketeer Influenced\u200c and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.<\/p>\n<h2>Constitutional Authority<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;Despite what the former president and his allies\u200b have said \u2064for now more than two-and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-trump-aide-paul-manafort-cant-be-prosecuted-in-new-york-following-pardon-court-rules\/\" title=\"Ex-Trump Aide Paul Manafort Can\u2019t Be Prosecuted in New York Following Pardon, Court Rules\">-a-half years<\/a>, and continue to insist at this very hour, the Georgia election was not stolen, and I had no right to overturn the election,&#8221; Mr. Pence said to applause from the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I hardly need to tell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/saturdays-fun-fraud-facts-seven-unexplainable-results-that-reveal-democrats-didnt-even-try-to-hide-their-fraud\/\" title=\"Saturday's Fun Fraud Facts: Seven Unexplainable Results that Reveal Democrats Didn't Even Try to Hide Their Fraud\">state legislators<\/a> that states conduct our elections for national leadership. States certify those elections. And under Article II [of the Constitution], the only role\u2062 of Vice President of the United States as\u2062 President of \u200cthe Senate is to preside over a joint session of Congress, where objections under the law might be heard, but where the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pence-reacts-to-trumps-latest-indictment-georgia-election-was-not-stolen\/\" title=\"Pence on Trump's Indictment: 'Georgia Election Wasn't Stolen'\">electoral\u200d votes certified<\/a> by the states\u200b would be opened and counted\u2013[it] said that they shall be opened and \u2063they shall be counted, no \u2062more and no\u2063 less,&#8221; the former vice \u2063president told \u2062the conference attendees.<\/p>\n<p>He \u200bonce\u200b again defended\u2064 his actions on Jan. 6.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll always\u200b believe by God&#8217;s grace I did my duty that day to \u200csee\u2062 to the peaceful transfer\u2063 of power under the Constitution of the United States and the laws of this country,&#8221; Mr. Pence added.<\/p>\n<p>The run-up to Jan. 6 was characterized by \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/opinion\/how-will-pence-treat-the-electoral-envelopes-in-his-hand-3645030\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">debate over Mr. Pence&#8217;s authority<\/a> as Senate president as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-exclusive-analysis-of-election-night-data-from-all-states-shows-millions-of-votes-either-switched-from-president-trump-to-biden-or-were-lost-using-dominion-and-other-systems\/\" title=\"BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Analysis of Election Night Data from All States Shows MILLIONS OF VOTES Either Switched from President Trump to Biden or Were Lost -- Using Dominion and Other Systems\">state legislatures<\/a>&#8216; authority under\u2064 Article II, Section 1 of the\u2062 Constitution, according to\u200c which states may appoint\u2062 electors &#8220;in\u200d such manner\u200b as the Legislature thereof may direct.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Georgia was one of several states that produced an alter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pence acknowledges the Fulton County indictment against Trump, emphasizing that no one is exempt from the law. 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