mike pence s former boss. we learned that mr. trump, who mike pence earlier today said never should be president again, has been informed by the department of justice that he is a target in the documents probe. the classified documents probe, meaning he could be indicted. the former vice president tonight dodging the question of whether he would support mr. trump this time if trump wins the nomination. and jake, mike pence was asked about a possible indictment tonight, if he thought the former president should be indicted. here is some of his answer. let me say this, look, i i i don t know the facts of the president s case. i mean, i was very troubled last summer when, for the first time in history, there was a search warrant executed at the home of a former president of the united states. i mean, when i informed the department of justice that we had classified materials potentially in our home, they were at the home, the fbi was on my front doorstep the next day.
indicting a former president of the united states. former president vice president mike pence last night to our dana bash addressing the trump legal developments. cnn learn minutes before that town hall that the justice department is telling trump he is a target in the classified documents probe, meaning prosecutors may be moving closer to indicting a former president. now pence said to one is above the law. in contrast, a former president should not be indicted. regarding january 6th, pence said trump should be disqualified based on his actions around that day. he also pledged to support whoever becomes the republican nominee. anyone who puts themselves above the constitution should never be president in the first place. and anyone who asks anyone else to put them over the constitution should never be president again. and i have always supported the republican nominee for president of the united states and i ll support the republican nominee in 2024. what s missing from the fi
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acknowledging that he held on to a pentagon document of a potential attack on iran, and acknowledging that it is classified, and the special counsel is investigating on two tracks, into the classifiyied documents mishandling, and also into the january 6th capitol attack. and our team is also reporting that the grand jury is meeting, and that is looking into the primarily the classified documents investigation, and they are meeting for the first time since may 5th. so it is a month since they have met, and they are meeting today and they are hearing from another witness in this classified documents probe, and so there is a lot swirling in the justice department today and at federal court. sara? this could be really important in the length of this case, and what is happening in the case, and as you mentioned, this is as people believe that
sensitive information, and the other is once that came to, like what did donald trump do about it? and it sure looks like he obstructed the investigation into it. luke, like a greszler vista geisha in into january 6th had as all of its narrators top close intimate trump insiders, cassidy hutchinson probably most notably in colourfully. the mueller probe, at least volume two, had top white house counsel tom mcgahn is his narrator, as close as you can beat anyone who occupies the office of the presidency. and it sounds like the documents probe has, among its narrators, based on this incredible new scoop by your colleagues, the people actually moving the boxes as the narrators of a trump directed obstruction. act. it is so remarkable that that is where every book into him takes us.