Ramaswamy: Criminalizing bad judgments during elections sets an awful precedent
Vivek Ramaswamy · In conversation with Vivek Ramaswamy · Jul 21, 2023 · at 1:00:34
2024 Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy responds to host Jason Calacanis about whether former President Donald Trump is guilty of criminal charges in his federal and state indictments.
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“I would have made very different judgments than he did, but I think criminalizing bad judgments, especially when done so against political opponents in the midst of a presidential election, is an awful judgment. For a US president and the Department of Justice underneath him to make.”
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