Breaking news: Donald Trump cannot block his former vice president from testifying before a grand jury investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.
The reasoning behind Wednesday’s order remains under seal; the decision was issued by a panel that included two Obama appointees and one Trump appointee., arguing that he was taking part in a congressional proceeding on Jan. 6 and therefore covered by protections for lawmakers. But when Chief U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg in D.C.
to testify. Trump then appealed on the grounds that his executive privilege prevented Pence from testifying, a position also rejected by Boasberg.Pence’s former chief of staff and chief counsel have both testified to the grand jury already; both were present for a meeting where attorney John Eastman the idea that Pence could throw out the election results and instead recognize “alternate electors” supporting Trump. But only Pence can speak firsthand about his conversations with the former president and his close advisers.
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