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Associated Press
Holly Reimer
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence told Republicans on Wednesday to stop blaming the FBI for the search for the former president. Donald Trump's Florida home last week that urged him to stop.
Speaking in New Hampshire, Pence heard that the FBI was searching Trump's Mar-a-Lago home as part of a federal investigation into Trump's theft of classified records from the White House. When asked what he was thinking.
Like Trump, Pence, who is considering running for president in 2024, said he was plagued by what he called the politicization of the FBI. He also said the Department of Justice and Attorney General Merrick Garland should be more transparent about why authorities are investigating.
But Trump's former Vice President has also sent a message to the Republican Party.
"Also, I would like to remind you, Republicans, to hold the Attorney General accountable for decisions made by the Attorney General without attacking the FBI law enforcement staff in general. "You can," he said at an Eggs event at Politics & St. Anselm College.
"The Republican Party is the party of law and order," continued Pence. "Our party stands with the men and women who stand in the thin blue line at the federal, state, and local levels, and these attacks on the FBI must stop. We demand the FBI pay back." Doing so is as wrong as demanding restitution from the police.”
Law enforcement officials across the country are facing increasing threats from Trump supporters who believe the FBI went too far in investigating the former president. warns of possible violent attacks on federal agents and buildings.
