Mike Pence is one of the most important witnesses to one of the most important scandals in American history. The question is: how much is he willing to share? (via MaddowBlog)
There is, however, a qualitative difference between balking at a House committee’s invitation and responding to a subpoena from a special counsel’s office. NBC NewsFormer Vice President Mike Pence has been subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating former President Donald Trump’s effort to stay in office after the 2020 election and his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, according to a source familiar with the matter. ... ABC News first reported that Pence has been subpoenaed.
What’s more, it’s also worth emphasizing that there’s nothing to suggest the Justice Department wants to question Pence as a possible target of an investigation. The opposite is true: The former vice president is a witness to alleged wrongdoing, not the suspected culprit.added, “It is unclear whether Pence will comply with the subpoena. His advisers had previously said he was not interested in appearing before the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
To be sure, it seems very likely that Trump will try to invoke executive privilege, in large part because the former president has reason to be terrified of what Pence might tell prosecutors. That said, Trump’s earlier executive privilege claims
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