The special prosecutor investigating the discovery of classified documents at the Mar-a-Lago (Florida) residence of former President Donald Trump, as well as his role in the assault on the Capitol, he would have summoned former vice president Mike Pence to testifythe US media have published early this Friday (time in Spain).
The ABC chain, citing sources close to the case, assures that the summons comes after several months of negotiations between Pence’s legal team and US Justice Department officials.
According to CNN, the special counsel’s office seeks information about his interactions with Trump the day of the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
In November, US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the appointment of a special prosecutor for investigate the scandals of the former presidentwhich has already announced its intention to compete again for the Presidency in 2024.
The investigations into the assault on the Capitol will focus, according to Garland, on finding out if there were one or more people who “they interfered in the transfer of power” and in the process of ratifying Biden as president in Congress, after winning the 2020 elections against Trump.
Regarding Mar-a-Lago, the head of the Department of Justice pointed out that the handling of the classified documents that were found there by the FBI must be investigated and ascertain whether there was obstruction of Justice during that inquiry.
So much Mike Pence as the current president of the United States, Joe Bidenhave acknowledged having found classified documents in their respective residencesalthough both have made themselves available to the authorities to cooperate with any possible investigation, unlike Trump.
In the Biden case, Garland also appointed a special prosecutor to study the findings.