Mike Pence anticipated to testify earlier than Jan. 6 committee, member says

A member of the Jan. 6 committee stated he expects that former Vice President Mike Pence will converse with investigators.

“In nobody’s case is a subpoena out of the query, however I'd assume he’s gonna come ahead and testify voluntarily, the best way the overwhelming majority of individuals have," Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) stated throughout an interview that aired Sunday on CBS News's Face the Nation.

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Pence has thus far been noncommittal about showing earlier than the Jan. 6 committee if he's referred to as upon for testimony.

"[In] the Structure, we now have three coequal branches. Any invitation to be directed to me — I must replicate on the distinctive function that I used to be serving as vice chairman," Pence stated throughout a visit to New Hampshire final month. "I do not wish to prejudge. If [there was] ever any formal invitation rendered to us, we might give it due consideration."

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Pence resisted strain by former President Donald Trump and his supporters to stall the certification of President Joe Biden's 2020 victory and ship electoral votes again to a number of battleground states the place GOP-led legislatures might attempt to overturn the outcomes over supposed issues about fraud and irregularities.

He confronted the wrath of supporters of Trump on Jan. 6, 2021, when rioters stormed the Capitol as the previous vice chairman presided over the certification, and chants of "dangle Mike Pence" could possibly be heard from a few of the protesters. Pence, alongside together with his spouse and daughter, was rushed to an underground Senate loading dock, however he refused to go away the Capitol advanced and returned later that night to complete the counting of electoral votes.

"Pence was the goal of Donald Trump's wrath and fury and energy to overthrow the election on Jan. 6," Raskin stated. "The entire thought was to get Pence to step outdoors his constitutional function, after which to declare unilateral lawless powers to reject Electoral Faculty votes from the states. So I believe he has loads of related proof, and I'd hope he would come ahead and testify about what occurred."