In an interview with Sky News Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claims Jan. 6 is an example of a peaceful transfer of power, NBC News reports.
Pompeo was asked by the reporter why his book— “Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love”— which documents his time in the Trump White House, fail to mention Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election and the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Pompeo claims that his book focuses on “how we delivered security abroad.” He did condemn the violence on Jan. 6 but defended the outcome according to NBC.
“We delivered a peaceful transition on January 6, 2021, exactly as our Constitution requires,” he said.
“It’s terrible when folks commit these kinds of acts of violence, and I hope they’ll be prosecuted appropriately for doing that. But make no mistake about it, that night America also showed its strength. Vice President Pence finished the election. We had a peaceful transition of power,” Pompeo added.
Pompeo, who is considered to be a potential candidate for the 2024 GOP nomination for president, was asked comments he made in a Fox News interview after the election in which he said there would be a smooth transition to “a second Trump administration.”
He argued on Thursday that those comments were taken out of context.
“To read the whole statement I made that day, I spoke decently about the United States of America,” Pompeo said. “And I don’t describe it as being stolen. But there are lots of anomalies in our election. And we can’t have that in the United States.”
