“Hang Mike Pence,” screamed the mob that broke into the U.S. Parliament in Washington on January 6, 2021—incited by then-President Donald Trump. Despite threats against him personally, former Vice President Pence has long refused to testify before the grand jury investigating the events. Now he gave up his resistance.
A U.S. federal judge ruled in late March that he must answer questions about conversations with Trump before the storm at the Capitol. On the other hand, Mike Pence will not appeal, a spokesperson said on Wednesday.
The coup attempt has been processed for years
However, he was allowed to refuse questions about the events of January 6. Pence originally argued that he could refuse to make any statements. The grand jury is investigating the events surrounding the attempted coup by Trump supporters. Because Pence refused to take action against the confirmation of Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential election, he became a target of the mob. The ex-president had already attacked him several times in the weeks before.
Trump had also incited his fans with baseless allegations of voter fraud, leading the mob to storm the Capitol in the US capital as Biden’s victory there was to be officially sealed. Pence was then vice president of the Capitol session interrupted by the attack. In connection with this, Pence had always rejected the detectives’ demand for a statement about the events of January 6. He invoked a safeguard clause for debates in Congress.
Pence wide Trump
Pence had written in his memoir that Trump and his lawyer had tried in the days before to convince him to decline to confirm Biden’s election victory at the rally. Pence spoke out against it. According to the judge’s ruling, the vice president could at least be questioned about these conversations.
The investigation into the attack on the Capitol is one of the legal issues facing Trump, who plans to return to the White House in 2024. He was not due to appear in New York for an indictment until Tuesday. The public prosecutor there has accused him of falsifying business documents in 34 cases. The whole thing has to do with hush money payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 presidential election.
Source: Krone
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