Pence is no hero

Created
Sat, 29/04/2023 - 03:33
Updated
Sat, 29/04/2023 - 03:33
If he testifies truthfully it could be helpful but it can’t erase his pushing of the Big Lie On Wednesday night the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that Donald Trump could not claim executive privilege to prevent his former Vice President Mike Pence from testifying before the Grand Jury that’s hearing evidence for Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into the former president’s activities leading up to January 6th. Immediately on Thursday morning Pence testified for more than five hours. I guess they didn’t want to waste any more time. Pence and his team had negotiated with the Special Counsel for months to avoid having to do a voluntary interview and ended up filing a lawsuit to prevent testifying under subpoena. He claimed that as President of the Senate he could not be compelled to testify under the Speech and Debate clause of the constitution which protects members of congress and a judge partially bought the argument. Pence was told he must testify but he can avoid answering questions about his legislative role on Jan. 6. In theory,Pence could have a boatload of first hand information to share with the Special Counsel, backing up other testimony and possibly offering new details to which only he was privy. He can’t that the 5th because he isn’t implicated in anything illegal and he’s not someone who flipped for special consideration. He would be a great witness before a jury. The assumption seems to be that he will tell the…