CNN reported on Monday that Marc Short, the former vice president’s chief of staff, gave “lengthy” testimony to the panel last week
complaining that Pence didn’t make an effort to block the certification. “He could have overturned the Election!” Trump concluded.
So, yeah, Pence isn’t on the best of terms with Trump — he recently told Jesse Watters of Fox News that they hadn’t spoken since last summer — but that doesn’t mean he’s going to appear before the committee himself. In fact, he’s probably not. Multiple sources told CNN that Pence would rather aides like Short serve as his “proxy” so he doesn’t have to testify.cooperating with the probe
. One of Axios’ sources noted that Short would not have cooperated without first receiving permission from Pence himself. Short’s appearance last Wednesday was the result of months of talks between the committee and Short’s lawyer, Emmet Flood, who briefly served as White House counsel under Trump. Short also provided the committee with documents prior to testifying last week, including a memo from White House personnel director Johnny McEntee about Trump and Thomas Jefferson, according to CNN. The existence of the memo, which was intended to convince Pence to try to stop the election certification on Jan. 6, wasIn This Article:
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