Speaking in New Hampshire, Pence was asked what went through his mind when he heard about the FBI’s search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, as part of a federal investigation into Trump took classified records from the White House. Pence, who, like Trump, is considering a 2024 presidential bid, said he was 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 investigation. But Trump’s former vice president also had a message for the GOP. “I also want to remind my fellow Republicans that we can hold the attorney general accountable for the decision he made without attacking law enforcement personnel at the FBI,” he said at the Politics & Eggs event in 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 levels and these attacks on the FBI must stop. Calls for paybacks from the FBI are just as wrong as calls for paybacks from the police.” Law enforcement officials across the country have warned of an increase in threats and the possibility of violent attacks on federal agents or buildings by Trump supporters who believe the FBI went too far in its investigation of the former president.
