Former Vice President Mike Pence will not appeal a judge’s order requiring him to testify to a federal grand jury weighing potential criminal charges against former President Donald Trump.
weighing potential criminal charges against former President Donald Trump relating to the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot.
The former vice president argued that the Constitution’s Speech or Debate Clause shielded him from having to testify — and his spokesman said that Boasberg partially agreed in a still-sealed decision. Former Vice President Mike Pence will not appeal a judge’s order for him to testify to a federal grand jury probing former President Donald Trump’s role in the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot.Pence was presiding over the the joint session of Congress that was certifying President Biden’s Electoral College victory before the riot broke out.
Smith is leading the federal investigation of Trump’s role in the mayhem and of a separate matter pertaining to hisSmith “is conducting a witch-hunt where the government has sought to violate every Constitutional norm, including the safeguards that protect a President’s ability to confer with his Vice President on matters of the security of the United States,” the Trump spokesman said.
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