In a letter addressed to his colleagues in Congress, Pence explained why he couldn’t go along with Trump’s plan. But first Pence made official his decision. Pence then headed to the Capitol to oversee the counting of the Electoral College votes. During the call, in the 11 o’clock hour, Trump berated Pence, chastising him for not being tough enough to go along with the scheme, according to Kellogg’s testimony to the committee. 6 when he spoke a final time with Trump, who was joined in the Oval Office by his daughter Ivanka and Pence’s national security adviser, Keith Kellogg. Pence was at his residence at the Naval Observatory the morning of Jan. “Do it Mike, this is a time for extreme courage!” “All Mike Pence has to do is send them back to the States, AND WE WIN,” he wrote later that morning. Trump continued to push in an Oval Office meeting the next day, again demanding Pence use powers the vice president did not possess to overturn the will of voters. “I hope Mike Pence comes through for us,” he told the crowd. And at a rally that night in Georgia, Trump said his fate rested in his vice president’s hands. 4, Eastman and Trump pressed Pence to go along with the scheme in an Oval Office meeting. But Trump kept pushing, both publicly and behind the scenes. Pence was already widely seen as a potential future presidential candidate and a public fissure with Trump was seen as a potential career ender. Some aides appealed to Trump not to put his unflinchingly loyal vice president in such a precarious position. He also received outside counsel, including from former Vice President Dan Quayle. He studied the Electoral Count Act of 1887, which governs the proceedings, and met with the Senate parliamentarian to understand his role. Pence spent hours huddling with staff, including his general counsel, Greg Jacob. The heavy-handed pressure campaign intensified in the days leading up to the 6th as Trump, lawyer John Eastman and others in Trump’s orbit tried to convince Pence that he had the power to overturn the will of voters in a handful of critical battleground states by simply rejecting Electoral College votes or sending the results back to the states - even though the Constitution makes clear the vice president’s role in the proceedings is largely ceremonial. 6 - the day a joint session of Congress would convene to formalize President-elect Joe Biden’s win - as their last chance to remain in power. What we know about Pence’s actions leading up to and during that day:Īs Trump’s frantic efforts to stave off defeat were quashed by courts and state officials, he and his allies zeroed in on Jan. “Vice President Pence demonstrated his loyalty to Donald Trump consistently over four years, but he knew that he had a higher duty to the United States Constitution.”
Liz Cheney, the leading Republican on the committee, said last week. “As you will hear, President Trump engaged in a relentless effort to pressure Pence both in private and in public,” Rep. But he will be in the spotlight as the focus turns to former President Donald Trump’s desperate and futile attempts to persuade his vice president to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and deliver them a second term. WASHINGTON (AP) - Mike Pence won’t be testifying at Thursday’s Jan.
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