Mike Pence, Intimately Familiar With Trump’s Plot to Overturn the Election, Says He’d Be Open to Talking to the January 6 Committee

There are few people as knowledgeable about Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the election––and the violent riot that followed––as the former president himself. But of all the disturbing characters who have passed through Trump’s orbit, Mike Pence, his former vice president, is likely one of them. In the run-up to the insurrection, Trump repeatedly pressured Pence to block the certification of Joe Biden’s Electoral College win, using various coercive tactics that included calling Pence a “pussy” and threatening, like a five-year-old, to end their friendship if Pence didn’t follow orders. When those overtures failed, Trump spent January 6 whipping his… Read Full Article