Mike Pence was willing to ignore the Jan. 6 committee. Blowing off the DOJ would be something else entirely. (via MaddowBlog)
, said he was “closing the door” on cooperating with the congressional investigation, and concluded that the bipartisan panel “has no right” to his testimony.There is, however, a qualitative difference between blowing off a U.S. House panel that will soon wrap up its work and snubbing federal prosecutors weighing possible indictments.
According to the Times’ reporting, which has not been independently verified by MSNBC or NBC News, the Republican is “open to considering” the investigators’ request. In case this isn’t obvious, there’s nothing to suggest that the Justice Department wants to question Pence as a possible target of the investigation. The opposite is true: The former vice president is one of the most important witnesses about one of the most important instances of political violence in modern American history.
As the Times added, “Mr. Pence was present for some of the critical moments in which Mr. Trump and his allies schemed to keep him in office and block the congressional certification of Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s victory.”try to invoke executive privilege, in large part because the former president has reason to be terrified of what Pence might tell prosecutors.
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