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Vice President Kamala Harris said she believes that those involved in the Jan. 6 insurrection, including former President Donald Trump, should be held accountable.
“I spent the majority of my career as a prosecutor,” Harris said in an interview with The Associated Press Wednesday while in Jakarta, Indonesia for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit. “I believe that people should be held accountable under the law. And when they break the law, there should be accountability.”
When asked if the same standard applies to the former president, Harris said, "Everyone has their right to their day in court. But absolutely people should be held accountable."
Federal prosecutors indicted Trump last month for his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. They also accused the former president of trying to exploit the violent Jan. 6, 2021 assault on Congress to continue his effort to cling to power.
Enrique Tarrio, the national leader of the Proud Boys on Jan. 6, on Tuesday was given the longest Jan. 6 sentence of 22 years in prison for masterminding a seditious conspiracy aimed at derailing the transfer of power from Trump to Biden.
“Let the evidence, the facts, take it where it may,” Harris said in the interview.
President Joe Biden and Harris have been vocal when it comes to holding those involved in the riot accountable, but have been less outspoken about Trump's legal woes. In 2022, exactly a year after the riot, Biden declared that the former president bore “singular responsibility” for the insurrection attempt.
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