In a historic moment, former Vice President Mike Pence testified before a federal grand jury on Thursday as part of Special Counsel Jack Smith's criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump. The news comes shortly after an appeals court denied former President Trump's attempt to block Pence's testimony.
The testimony marks the first time in U.S. history a vice president has been compelled to testify about the president he served under.
The grand jury is investigating whether Trump acted unlawfully to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Pence is a consequential witness as Trump pressured him to reject electoral college votes for Biden.
CNN further reports:
Pence's meeting with investigators comes as he is exploring a possible challenge to Trump for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, with his testimony likely to elicit a strong negative reaction from his former boss.
As part of his political appearances and a recent book tour, Pence frequently speaks about refusing to do Trump's bidding on January 6 and instead following the Constitution. But he had avoided speaking under oath as part of any investigation.
The grand jury in Washington, DC, whose proceedings are secret, assembled just before 9 a.m. ET on Thursday. That coincided with an increase in security inside the courthouse and two SUVs with tinted windows spotted ferrying people to the building.
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Both Pence and Trump went to court to hold off his unprecedented subpoena. But trial and appellate judges ordered Pence to testify about his direct conversations with the then-President – decisions that were in line with several other losses courts dealt to Trump as he's tried to block top officials from his administration from testifying.
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Said courts are nothing more than commie trash.
Wonder what they’ll attempt to criminally accuse President Trump of next — colluding with Russia? Oh, that’s right, they already tried that and failed. Every single thing they’ve done to try and ruin him has been a great BIG FAIL! The only fail is THEM — these hysterical Democrats who are so scared of him moving back into the White House and undoing all the damage the current White House puppet and his administration have done to America. I think the name for that is deranged?? 🙄
Deranged? Or criminally insane?
Perhaps both!
Let me guess…. Pence gave the Grand Jury just enough dirt on Trump to give them the imprimatur to indict. How convenient for Mike Pence. Politics is such a dirty game. But Mike Pence is going to find out that his little act of betrayal is not going to work. Nobody likes him anymore and this stunt is not going to fix that.
Smith already paid off handsomely. Like ALVIN
Pence is so incredibly consequential that history will remember him for maybe two months (into 2025)! Who remembers Spiro T. Agnew and what can you tell me about him? I rest my case . . .
If Pence hadn’t been authorized to not accept the fraudulent votes by the Constitution, why did the Congress, afterwards, change the law to prevent it?
Mikey is but a political opportunist who has turned as vile a traitor as Judas Iscariot, methinks.