GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy pledged to pardon former President Trump if elected to the Oval Office and challenged his opponents to make the same vote.
During a press conference Monday at the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. US Courthouse. in Miami, Florida, Ramaswamy said that if elected president, he will pardon Trump on his federal charges.
Trump will go on trial today after a federal grand jury indicted him on Friday on 37 counts related to his withholding of sensitive documents. Trump’s accusation has led to calls for Hur to bring similar charges against Biden.
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During a press conference Monday at the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. US Courthouse. in Miami, Florida, Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said that if elected president, he will pardon former President Trump on federal charges. Ramaswamy pictured here at a Faith and Freedom Coalition event. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
“The use of police force by a sitting president of the United States against his main political rival in the middle of a presidential election sets a dangerous precedent in our country,” Ramaswamy said in a press release.
“No one is above the law: The president of the United States should not be able to use the federal police to arrest his opponents,” he continued.
“No one should be below the law either, but now there are two standards of justice depending on your political views,” Ramaswamy added. “This is the single greatest threat to our constitutional republic today.”
In his letter, Ramaswamy condemned the charges against Trump and asked him to sign the pledge he had signed to pardon the former president, if elected.
“If President Trump is prosecuted in a way that effectively prevents him from running, it will permanently damage public confidence in our electoral process and our justice system,” the letter says.
“Whoever is elected among us, our job of bringing the nation together will be daunting, if not impossible,” Ramaswamy wrote.
In his letter, Ramaswamy condemned the charges against Trump and asked him to sign the pledge he had signed to pardon the former president, if elected. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
The letter was sent to all the campaigns challenging Biden for the White House, both Republican and Democratic.
Ramaswamy filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request this week seeking communication between the White House and the Justice Department about the second indictment of his Republican rival, former President Donald Trump.
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Ramaswamy said he filed the request “to demand *exactly* what the White House communicated [Attorney General] Merrick Garland and [Special Counsel] Jack Smith on the unprecedented indictment of a former US president and Biden’s underdog opponent in this election.”
“All Americans deserve to know,” Ramaswamy said before a news conference Tuesday in Miami. “If the captured media won’t do their job, the real leaders of this country need to.”
Fox News Digital’s Bradford Betz contributed reporting.
Houston Keene is a political writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to Houston.Keene@Fox.com and on Twitter: @HoustonKeene
