“The Republican Party is the party of law and order,” Pence stated, according to The Associated Press. “Our party stands with the men and women who stand on the thin blue line at the federal and state and local level, and these attacks on the FBI must stop. Calls to defund the FBI are just as wrong as calls to defund the police.”
Pence Says Republicans Shouldn’t Criticize FBI for Mar-a-Lago Raid https://link.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/pence-says-republicans-shouldnt-criticize-fbi-for-mar-a-lago-raid_4671095.html
My gut tells me this is correct. There's something about the total picture with Pence that doesn't add up for me. I think he's playing a role.
I think so too, but who knows at this point? If so, he has played his part well.