Donald Trump‘s legal team is appealing an order requiring former Vice President Mike Pence to testify as part of the Justice Department‘s investigation into Trump's alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.
Trump's challenge follows D.C. District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg's ruling last week directing Pence to answer questions about Trump's efforts to stay in power ahead of Jan. 6 but also agreeing that Pence's role as president of the Senate allowed for him to be shielded from being questioned about the day itself.
The challenge from Trump's team comes after Pence's lawyers said they would not appeal a ruling from D.C. District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg that in part sided with Pence. According to The Hill, the ruling ordered him to answer questions about Trump's efforts to stay in power ahead of Jan. 6 but agreed Pence's role as president of the Senate allowed for him to be shielded from being questioned about the day itself.
Last week, Pence's legal team also announced they would not appeal Judge Boasberg's ruling.
Pence's team had argued the Speech and Debate clause should shield the former vice president from questions relating to his role leading the Senate on the day of the riot.
The effort from Trump's team seeks to block any Pence involvement in the inquiry, arguing that the former president can block his testimony through executive privilege.
The ruling put Pence in an interesting position to comply with a Justice Department-issued subpoena while dodging some questions about Trump as he weighs whether to launch his own bid for the White House in 2024.
Attorneys for Trump did not respond to The Hill's request for comment, but a Trump campaign spokesman called the case a continuation of an effort to hinder his electoral prospects.
“The DOJ is continuously stepping far outside the standard norms in attempting to destroy the long accepted, long held, Constitutionally based standards of attorney-client privilege and executive privilege,” a Trump spokesman said in a statement.
“The Special Counsel 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.”
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You have it on tape Trump saying to protest non-violently. It
s time to kick the Democratic party out of the union. A lot of people dont know after the civil war. The United States let the Southern democrats back into the union. They have been a plaque ever since their creation.DennisBAnderson: It took me several minutes to grasp what your intent is, in the last sentence of your comment. I believe your meant to say “plague” [P L A G U E] rather than PLAQUE. I apologize in advance should I be wrong.
You should apologize for being an obnoxious boorish nitpicker.
The fact it took you several minutes to grasp the typo does not speak well of your intellect. Get a life !