Former Vice President Pence sparred with « Meet the Press » host Chuck Todd over allegations of there being « a two-tiered justice system » in a Sunday interview.
Former Vice President Mike Pence sparred with “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd over allegations of there being “a two-tiered justice system” during a Sunday interview.
Pence alleged the Justice Department held former President Donald Trump to a different standard than what was applied to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who deleted thousands of emails containing classified information from her private email server. The former vice president has not disclosed whether Trump is qualified to run, causing Todd to cite his remarks about Clinton being unqualified over the emails.
“Does this disqualify Trump from being commander-in-chief again?” Todd asked.
“Well, I stand by that view. It’s one more example of a two-tiered justice system that we’ve been living through for seven years,” the former vice president responded. “I mean I have to tell you, after seeing Hillary Clinton be given a pass — ”
“By your Justice Department,” Todd said. “It was by a Republican, no, no, no, Jeff Sessions had another U.
