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In Chicago, Pence denounces Trump dinner with antisemitic purveyors Kanye West and Nick Fuentes

Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, center, speaks with fans and signs copies of his autobiography, So Help Me God, at the Union League Club on Nov. 28, 2022, in Chicago.

CHICAGO — Former Vice President Mike Pence on Monday denounced former President Donald Trump for dining last week with a pair of antisemitic purveyors, Kanye West and Nick Fuentes, but stopped short of saying whether he thought it should disqualify Trump’s bid to recapture the White House.

Pence, the former one-term Indiana governor before joining Trump’s Republican ticket in 2016, is eyeing his own bid for the GOP nomination for president. But he said a decision won’t come before the holidays.

He also said he hasn’t made a decision to cooperate with the U.S. Justice Department on its criminal investigation into Trump’s actions surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and

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