2023-04-28 01:14:00
Donald Trump’s former vice president, Mike Pence, testified Thursday, April 27 in court as part of the investigation into attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 US presidential election. Hearing the Republican tenor gathered at 9 a.m. Thursday in Washington, the CNN channel reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
In late March, a judge ordered Mike Pence to testify about conversations he had with Donald Trump before his supporters stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Investigators, led by Special Prosecutor Jack Smith, are examining Donald Trump’s role in the violence that erupted that day, as part of what would have been a broader attempt to stay in power after losing the presidential against Joe Biden.
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Mike Pence was thus summoned to answer any questions from a federal grand jury on potential crimes committed by the former president. In the United States, a grand jury is a panel of citizens with broad investigative powers, including voting to recommend an indictment. Donald Trump had tried to prevent any testimony from his former vice-president before this grand jury, but a federal appeals court had dismissed his request on Wednesday.
Donald Trump is seeking a new term in 2024. In front of his voters in New Hampshire on Thursday, Donald Trump pledged to “crush” President Joe Biden – whose candidacy has just been formalized – in the 2024 election .
Mike Pence could be among those who will challenge him for the Republican nomination. The former vice president said in March that history would hold Donald Trump “responsible” for his role in the assault on the Capitol. “I had no right to overturn (the result of) the election. And his reckless words endangered my family and everyone in the Capitol that day,” he said.
With AFP
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