Trump’s Pence Pressure Campaign Gets Dragged Into the Light
The January 6 committee’s June 16 hearing put Trump’s pressure campaign on Mike Pence front and center, with testimony and documentary evidence showing how far the former president pushed to get the vice president to block or delay the electoral count. The day’s presentation made the core problem harder for Trumpworld to dodge: the vice president was being urged to do something his own advisers, and plenty of lawyers, knew he had no lawful authority to do.
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Trump’s Pence Pressure Campaign Gets Dragged Into the Light
The January 6 committee’s June 16 hearing put Trump’s pressure campaign on Mike Pence front and center, with testimony and documentary evidence showing how far the former president pushed to get the vice president to block or delay the electoral count. The day’s presentation made the core problem harder for Trumpworld to dodge: the vice president was being urged to do something his own advisers, and plenty of lawyers, knew he had no lawful authority to do.
The January 6 committee’s June 16 hearing put Trump’s pressure campaign on Mike Pence front and center, with testimony and documentary evidence showing how far the former president pushed to get the vice president to block or delay the electoral count. The day’s presentation made the core problem harder for Trumpworld to dodge: the vice president was being urged to do something his own advisers, and plenty of lawyer…
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