A federal judge has ordered former Vice President Mike Pence to answer questions about conversations he had with former President Donald Trump prior to the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot.
However, Boasberg also said the vice president may decline to answer questions about his own actions on that day.
“These events — which reflected the most serious attack on the operations of the Federal Government since the Civil War — threatened not only the safety of Congress and others present at the Capitol, but also the principles of democracy enshrined in our history and our Constitution,” White House special counsel Richard Sauber wrote in a letter to Smith last month, which was obtained by ABC.
Pence’s attorney had also requested a legal exemption for the vice president, saying his testimony could violate the Speech or Debate Clause of the Constitution, which prevents members of Congress from facing legal liability over official proceedings.
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