Former Vice Pres. Pence is a central figure in the indictment accusing former Pres. Trump of crimes for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
-- and in a dramatic turn -- could also be a witness in a forthcoming trial, while both he and Trump campaign to be the next president.
Republican presidential candidate and former Vice President Mike Pence speaks with the media during a stop at the Indiana State Fair, Aug. 2, 2023, in Indianapolis."And I have seen the weaponization of the Justice Department," he added, echoing a key Republican talking point. "I'd hope that on this matter of Jan. 6, that it wouldn't come to this because I do believe that this is only going to kind of further ignite the divide in the country.
"There's nothing inherently unconstitutional or illegal about that," Lauro argued in a new twist. "Mr. Trump is not a lawyer. He's a businessman."Wednesday on whether he was simply asked to "pause" the proceedings on Jan. 6 to "consider one more relatively minor violation of the Electoral Count Act," a position Pence flatly rejected not just as disputed legal advice -- but as one put forward by "crackpot lawyers.
The first reference to Pence's "contemporaneous notes" is at the mention of a meeting on Dec. 29, 2020, where Trump allegedly told Pence the Justice Department was "finding major infractions." The second direct reference to them is to a meeting on Jan.
"Candidly, I was trying to keep an open mind about the objections that were going to be brought to the floor," he said. "I was fully prepared to make sure that we heard all the arguments, concerns that members of Congress had brought, but because of the riot, and because of the assertion by the president and his crackpot lawyers that I can overturn the election, the violence that ensued eclipsed all of that.
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