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Ex-VP Pence shuns far-right calls to defund FBI, likens it to Dems’ calls to defund police

Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday came out against calls within the GOP to defund the FBI following the raid of former President Donald Trump’s home in Mar-a-Lago.

“Calls to defund the FBI are just as wrong as calls to defund the police,” Mr. Pence said in response to a question at a “Politics and Eggs” breakfast at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at St. Anselm College, according to CBS.

Mr. Pence also demanded more transparency from Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice about the raid, and to do it now.

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