Former VP Pence says he plans to 'fight' a subpoena from the special counsel investigating former President Trump's actions surrounding Jan. 6, calling the demand for his cooperation 'unprecedented and unconstitutional.'
Former Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday that he plans to"fight" a subpoena from the special counsel investigating Donald Trump's actions surrounding Jan. 6, calling the demand for his cooperation"unprecedented and unconstitutional."
Pence, who has written a book detailing some of his interactions with the former president leading up to the attack on the U.S. Capitol and done numerous interviews with reporters on the topic, said he was fighting the subpoena to testify before a grand jury on principle.— maintaining that he's immune from testifying because of legal protections for lawmakers since he was acting as president of the Senate during the Jan.
"On January 6th, President Trump was wrong. As I've said before, his words were reckless, and they endangered my family and everyone at the Capitol," he said. "We’re prepared to take this fight into the court," he said, adding that he expects Trump will also challenge the subpoena on executive privilege grounds.last week.
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