Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has been subpoenaed to testify by the special prosecutor investigating Donald Trump, and specifically his exact role in the Jan. 6, 2021 storming of the Capitol by his supporters, reported Thursday. February 9, several American media.
This assignment was decided after “months of negotiations between federal prosecutors and Mr. Pence’s legal team”explained the ABC channel.
His testimony could help shed light on the extent of the real estate mogul’s efforts to prevent the certification of his Democratic rival Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential victory.
Donald Trump had, in fact, publicly pressured Mike Pence not to certify the results of the election on January 6, 2021, when he was in the Capitol besieged by supporters of the former president. republican.
“Irresponsible” actions
Acts denounced as “irresponsible” by Mike Pence, potential presidential candidate of 2024, who nevertheless refused to be heard by the House of Representatives committee of inquiry into the attack on the Capitol.
In addition to this investigation, the special prosecutor Jack Smith, appointed in November by the American Minister of Justice, supervises a second investigation into the management by the ex-president of confidential documents supposed to be archived after his departure from the White House.
Donald Trump, who has already announced his candidacy for the 2024 presidential election, could try to prevent the testimony of his former vice president by wielding an executive power prerogative to keep his communications confidential, as he has tried to do along with other officials named to testify in the federal investigation.
The special prosecutor will have to decide whether or not to recommend the indictment of the Republican billionaire, and it will be up to the Minister of Justice to decide.
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