Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy stated Sunday that he believes Donald Trump confirmed poor judgment with regard to the U.S. Capitol assault however that the previous president didn't commit against the law.

The entrepreneur’s remarks come amid anticipated federal prison prices in opposition to Mr. Trump associated to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, after particular counsel Jack Smith despatched the ex-president a letter stating he's the goal of an investigation.

“I’ve been consistent all along that I would have made different judgments than Donald Trump made. That is why I am running in this race for the presidency, the same race that he’s in, because I would have made different — and I believe better — judgments for the country,” Mr. Ramaswamy stated on “Fox News Sunday.” “But a bad judgment is not the same thing as a crime. And when we conflate the two, that sets a dangerous precedent for this country.”

Should he be elected, Mr. Ramaswamy has vowed to pardon Mr. Trump’s different prison prices associated to hush-money funds to ladies earlier than the 2016 election to defend extramarital affairs and alleged mishandling of categorised paperwork at his Mar-a-Lago property after leaving workplace.

“I don’t want to see us become some banana republic, where the party in power uses police force to arrest its political opponents,” Mr. Ramaswamy stated.

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