Pence was subpoenaed to testify earlier this year before a grand jury investigating efforts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election.
, would be a milestone moment in the investigation and would likely give prosecutors a key first-person account as they press forward with their inquiry.The order from the three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was sealed and none of the parties are mentioned by name in online court records. But the appeal in the sealed case was filed just days after a lower-court judge had directed Pence to testify over objections from the Trump team.
Pence was subpoenaed to testify earlier this year, but lawyers for Trump objected, citing executive privilege concerns. Arefused to block Trump’s appearance, though he did side with the former vice president’s constitutional claims that he could not be forced to answer questions about anything related to his role as presiding over the Senate’s certification of votes on Jan. 6.
Pence has said that Trump endangered his family and everyone else who was at the Capitol that day and history will hold him “accountable.”
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