Pompeo characterizes Jan. 6 as ‘a peaceable transition of energy’

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who has forged doubt on President Joe Biden’s 2020 victory, repeatedly praised Jan. 6 for instance of a “peaceable transition” of energy in an interview Thursday.

“We delivered a peaceable transition on January 6, 2021, precisely as our Structure requires,” Pompeo, a possible 2024 presidential candidate, informed Sky Information.

Pompeo’s feedback got here in response to questions on why his new e-book — “By no means Give an Inch: Preventing for the America I Love” — doesn’t focus extra on the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol and Trump’s efforts to overturn the election because it displays on Pompeo’s 4 years working within the Trump administration.

Pompeo, who stated the e-book was centered on “how we delivered safety overseas,” condemned the violent facets of Jan. 6 however defended the end result in talking with Sky Information.

“It’s horrible when of us commit these sorts of acts of violence, and I hope they’ll be prosecuted appropriately for doing that. However make no mistake about it, that evening America additionally confirmed its energy. Vice President Pence completed the election. We had a peaceable transition of energy,” Pompeo stated.

He blamed safety officers, and never Trump, for the violence on the Capitol. “There was a nasty day on the Capitol, the safety workforce there failed to stop these guys from rioting there,” Pompeo stated.

Pompeo was additionally requested about feedback he made days after the 2020 election when he stated that there could be a easy transition to “a second Trump administration.” In A Fox Information interview on the time, Pompeo made no point out of handing over energy to Biden.

Pompeo argued Thursday that his remarks had been taken out of context.

“To learn the entire assertion I made that day, I spoke decently about the US of America,” Pompeo stated. “And I don’t describe it as being stolen. However there are many anomalies in our election. And we are able to’t have that in the US.”

The interview comes as Nikki Haley, one other former Trump administration official, is anticipated to formally announce a White Home bid in mid-February, which might make her Trump’s first GOP opponent.

Requested about Trump’s candidacy, Pompeo stated the previous president will “make his case to the American individuals.”

“I’m assured that there can be many others from each events, who can even consider they need to be the subsequent chief,” he added. “I’ve monumental confidence within the American people who they’ll type all of it out.”