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According to testimony Trump was aware of the fake electors scheme, and knew that Eastman's plan for Pence to obstruct the certification of electoral votes was a violation of the Electoral Count Act. [2] [3] Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, a "central figure" in the plot, coordinated the scheme across the seven states.
Not long after the call, Mr Pence’s office released a statement in which he announced that he would not make any effort to block certification of the election, leading Mr Trump to tweet to his ...
Pence has since said that he feared for his life during the riot and that Trump never checked on his well-being. Trump was permanently barred from Twitter two days after the riot.
The call between Trump and Pence was their last contact before Trump delivered his incendiary speech at the Ellipse, where he told thousands of his most ardent supporters to march to the US ...
On November 8, 2016, Trump won the 2016 United States presidential election, but lost the popular vote to opponent Hillary Clinton by about 2.9 million votes. [4] [20] Trump falsely claimed that he won the popular vote "if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally" and that three to five million people voted illegally in the 2016 election.
Calling the attack an "act of sedition", The Washington Post editorial board wrote that Trump's "continued tenure in office poses a grave threat to U.S. democracy" as well as to public order and national security, and called for Pence to immediately begin the 25th Amendment process to declare Trump "unable to discharge the powers and duties of ...
Mast’s assessment of the risks facing Pence clashes with that of a former Situation Room officer, who said in an interview earlier this year that Pence came “close” to being killed on Jan. 6 ...
New Trump defence hinges on idea ex-president did not order Mike Pence to interfere in Senate certification of election Trump lawyer calls Trump request to Pence for Jan 6 ‘aspirational’ Skip ...