former testifies trumps subvert election

6 House select committee that they told former President Trump or his former chief of staff Mark Meadows that he lost the 2020 election. Despite being thrown under the bus multiple times by Trump, and publicly stating that the former president “endangered family and everyone at the Capitol, on Jan. At least four Trump aides testified to the Jan. If Pence does decide to run, he will need to directly challenge his former boss’s actions at the end of his presidency. On Sunday the former Vice President indicated that he would be announcing his decision “well before late June.” Pence’s meeting with prosecutors comes as he mulls making a challenge against Trump for the 2024 presidential nomination. In March, after losing appeals challenging the subpoena, Pence told Newsmax host Greta Van Susteren that he believed he and his staff “did our duty” on Jan. 6, but must still answer questions pertaining to the overall efforts to subvert the outcome of the 2020 election. Pence will ultimately not be required to answer questions pertaining to his actions as President of the Senate on Jan. Donald Trump pressured top justice department officials to falsely claim that the 2020 election was corrupt so he and his allies in Congress could subvert the results and return him to office. Pence fought the subpoena, claiming that the Constitution’s Speech or Debate Clause, which protects lawmakers carrying out legislative duties, exempted him from giving testimony.

Former testifies trumps subvert election