President Trump is greeted by Kurt Heise (lef) Supervisor of Plymouth Township, Mich., and Speaker Lee Chatfield, of the Michigan House of Representatives, at Detroit Metro Airport in Detroit on May 21. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) Jacquelyn Martin (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) Susan Walshįormer Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for President Donald Trump, speaks during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters, Thursday Nov. White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. Shirkey and Chatfield are headed to the White House on Friday as President Donald Trump made an extraordinary and sure-to-be futile attempt to block Joe Biden's victory in the battleground state and subvert the results of the 2020 presidential election. 30, 2020 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, R-Clarklake, right, and House Speaker Lee Chatfield, R-Levering, left, speak to the media at the Michigan Capitol in Lansing, Mich. 6 insurrection at the Capitol and his possession of top-secret government documents at his Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago.įederal prosecutors have been especially focused on a scheme by Trump allies to elevate fake presidential electors in key battleground states won by Biden as a way to subvert the vote, issuing subpoenas to multiple state Republican party chairs.FILE - In this Jan. Smith, who was named special counsel in November by Attorney General Merrick Garland, has been tasked with overseeing investigations into Trump’s attempts to subvert his defeat, his actions leading up to the Jan.
While the mob was in the Capitol, Trump tweeted, “Mike Pence didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution.” The vice president was steered to safety with his staff and family as some in the mob chanted, “Hang Mike Pence!”
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6, Trump supporters driven by the lie that the election was stolen marched to the Capitol building, brutally pushed past the police and smashed through the windows and doors while Pence was presiding over the certification of Biden’s victory. Trump falsely insisted that his vice president, who had a ceremonial role in overseeing the certification of the election, could simply reject the results and send them back to the battleground states he contested. Pence was a central figure in Trump’s efforts to stay in power after losing the 2020 election. Spokespeople for Pence and Smith declined to comment on the issuance of the subpoena, which was first reported by ABC News. It is unclear whether efforts to secure voluntary testimony from Pence stalled before the subpoena was issued. The move sets the stage for a likely executive privilege fight, given Pence’s close proximity to Trump for four years as major decisions were being contemplated and planned. The subpoena is an aggressive step from a prosecutor who for years led the Justice Department’s public corruption section and who oversaw indictments against major political figures. 6, 2021, in an attempt to stop Democrat Joe Biden’s victory. The two have been estranged since a mob of Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. The extraordinary scenario of a former vice president potentially testifying against his former boss in a criminal investigation comes as Pence considers launching a 2024 Republican presidential bid against Trump.
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