There was a chain of command on Jan. 6. VP Pence wasn’t supposed to be a part of it, but he took on a leadership role anyway. - MaddowBlog
In early June, in one of the first public hearings of the Jan. 6 committee, Republican Vice Chair Liz Cheney noted that it was then-Vice President Mike Pence who called for the military to defend the Capitol when it was under attack.
The general added that Pence was “very firm” in telling then-Secretary of Defense Chris Miller, “Get the military down here, get the guard down here, put down this situation.” Under normal circumstances, the Joint Chiefs chairman and the Defense secretary wouldn’t consider taking orders from a sitting vice president. But everyone involved in the governing process seemed to come to an implicit understanding as the Trump era neared its end: The office of the presidency was, for all intents and purposes, empty.
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