GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy released a statement on the campaign trail in Manchester, New Hampshire late Thursday, just an hour after former President Trump announced that he has been indicted by the Department of Justice.
Ramaswamy called the indictment “an affront to every citizen,” and added, “I commit to pardon Trump promptly on January 20, 2025 and to restore the rule of law in our country.”
You can read Ramaswamy’s full statement here:
Vivek Ramaswamy Statement on Second Indictment of Donald Trump
Manchester, NH–Presidential Candidate and political outsider Vivek Ramaswamy issued the following statement on the second indictment of Donald Trump:
“We cannot have two tiers of justice: one for Trump on government document retention, another for Biden. One for Assange, another for Manning. One for BLM/Antifa, another for peaceful protesters on January 6.
“I never thought we would see the day when the U.S. President deputizes the DOJ to arrest his lead rival in the middle of an election. Obama shamefully tried to deputize the FBI to infiltrate Trump’s 2016 campaign, but they’re leaving nothing to chance this time around: the federal police state is outright arresting Trump.
“This is an affront to every citizen: we cannot devolve into a banana republic where the party in power uses police force to arrest its political opponents. It’s hypocritical for the DOJ to selectively prosecute Trump but not Biden.
“There are also serious legal questions about the President’s power to declassify documents and the potential illegality of the over-classification of federal documents in the first place. That’s for the courts to decide, but *we the people* decide who governs this nation.
“It would be much easier for me to win this election if Trump weren’t in the race, but I stand for principles over politics. I commit to pardon Trump promptly on January 20, 2025 and to restore the rule of law in our country.”
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Image “Vivek Ramaswamy” by Vivek Ramaswamy and “President Donald Trump” is by The White House.
