In a primetime interview with CNN, Pence discussed a range of topics, and criticized his former boss for pardoning nearly all the rioters who had been prosecuted for storming the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Pence served as vice president to Trump in his first term, but notably broke with the Republican billionaire over Trump's claims that the 2020 election was rigged.
The former VP appeared to disagree with Trump on the Russia-Ukraine war, saying that Russian President Vladimir Putin “only understands power.”
Trump's administration has led efforts to secure a ceasefire in the war, with officials often appearing to shift US positions to be more in line with Moscow's on the conflict.
On the pardons for the Capitol rioters, who had stormed the seat of US legislative power in a bid to stop the certification of an election result that saw Trump lose to Joe Biden, Pence expressed disappointment.
“The president has every right under the Constitution to grant pardons, but in that moment, I thought it sent the wrong message.”
Pence, however, said he was still “proud of the record of the Trump-Pence administration,“ adding “we never had a cross word between us until those fateful days at the end.”
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