Pence was the people of a last-ditch unit run by Trump starring up to Jan. 6, erstwhile Pence was required to preside implicit the past measurement successful the predetermination process: Congress’ counting of electoral votes.
Two of Pence’s apical aides — main of unit Marc Short and main counsel Greg Jacob — person testified to the expansive assemblage investigating the substance and were the taxable of a secret tribunal ruling that rejected Trump’s claims of privilege. Short and Jacob were besides 2 of the astir important witnesses for the House’s Jan. 6 prime committee, earlier which Pence has refused to appear.
In grounds revealed by the committee, Jacob described helping Pence fend disconnected Trump and lawyer John Eastman, who leaned connected Pence successful the days earlier Jan. 6. During grounds to the prime committee, Short and Jacob declined to sermon their nonstop interactions with Trump, citing privilege issues. But it appears prosecutors person managed to pierce that veil and whitethorn present beryllium privy to much elaborate accusation astir the run-up to Jan. 6.
There’s astatine slightest one occurrence connected that time of which lone Pence whitethorn person nonstop knowledge. Trump called Pence astatine 11:20 a.m. connected Jan. 6, and witnesses successful the Oval Office described Trump arsenic harshly berating his VP successful an effort to person him to effort to subvert the predetermination aboriginal that day. How Pence responded to the browbeating remains a mystery. Short and Jacob said Pence near the country during that telephone and ne'er briefed them connected the exchange. In fact, Jacob told the prime committee that Pence, arsenic a substance of practice, ne'er divulged details of his backstage conversations with Trump.
After his telephone with Trump, Pence headed to the Capitol wherever helium formally announced helium would garbage to spell on with Trump’s effort, further inflaming a mob that had gathered extracurricular astatine Trump’s urging and would soon unit Pence and lawmakers to fly for safety.
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