The reports of this I believe will assure that Mike Pence WILL NOT win the 2024 Republican Presidential nomination….
Testifying against Trump and his actions will be fresh meat for Trump attacks against Pence….
The idea that a Vice President is covered by Congressional rules against investigation by the excutive brach was weak and didn’t hold….
The reasoning behind Wednesday’s order remains under seal; the decision was issued by a panel that included two Obama appointees and one Trump appointee.
Pence initially fought the subpoena himself, arguing that he was taking part in a congressional proceeding on Jan. 6 and therefore covered by protections for lawmakers. But when Chief U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg in D.C. ruled that the “speech or debate” clause would not cover illegal acts by the president, Pence agreed to testify. Trump then appealed on the grounds that his executive privilege prevented Pence from testifying, a position also rejected by Boasberg….
Mike Pence has spoken to the DC January 6 Grand Jury in spite of Trump’s efforts against it….
It is unknown what questions he answered….
Former vice president Mike Pence testified Thursday before a grand jury that has been investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol and alleged efforts by President Donald Trump and others to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to a person familiar with his appearance who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the matter.
Pence appeared at the E. Barrett Prettyman federal courthouse after a U.S. appeals court disclosed Wednesday night that it had rejected Trump’s emergency attempt to block his former vice president from answering questions under oath about any potentially illegal acts committed by Trump. He had sought to overturn a lower court’s ruling, disclosed March 28, requiring Pence’s testimony, but a three-judge panel refused to postpone Pence’s appearance while Trump’s executive privilege claim goes forward.
Pence spent several hours before the grand jury, the person said, shortly after two sets of SUVs with black-tinted windows were observed leaving the courthouse’s underground garage beginning about 4:32 p.m. Two SUVs entered the garage at 9 a.m., the person said…
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