Chairman Bennie Thompson
Mike Pence said no.
“He resisted the pressure. He knew it was illegal. He knew it was wrong.
“We’re fortunate for Mr. Pence’s courage on January 6th. Our democracy came dangerously close to catastrophe.
“That courage put him in tremendous danger. When Mike Pence made it clear that he wouldn’t give in to Donald Trump’s scheme, Donald Trump turned the mob on him. A mob that was chanting ‘Hang Mike Pence.’ A mob that had built a hangman’s gallows just outside the Capitol.
Vice-Chair Liz Cheney
President Trump’s White House Counsel believed that Mike Pence did exactly the right thing on January 6th. As did others in the White House. As did Fox News Host, Sean Hannity.
“Vice President Pence understood that his oath of office was more important than his loyalty to Donald Trump. He did his duty. President Trump unequivocally did not
Representative Aguilar
“The President latched on to a dangerous theory and would not let go because he was convinced it would keep him in office.
“We witnessed firsthand what happened when the President of the United States weaponized this theory.
“The Capitol was overrun. Police officers lost their lives. And the Vice President was taken to a secure location because his safety was in jeopardy
Watch the January 6th Select Committee's Third Hearing
Chair @BennieGThompson: The former President wanted Pence to reject the votes & either declare Trump the winner or send the votes back to the states to be counted again..
— January 6th Committee (@January6thCmte) June 16, 2022
We’re fortunate for Mr. Pence’s courage on January 6th. Our democracy came dangerously close to catastrophe. pic.twitter.com/Rwnrgit2zq
"There is almost no idea more un-American than the notion that any one person could choose the American president."
— January 6th Committee (@January6thCmte) June 16, 2022
- Former Vice President Mike Pence pic.twitter.com/yy6pPdBzFa
There was a risk that the lawyers in the White House Counsel’s Office would resign in protest of the President’s effort to force the VP to violate the Constitution.
— January 6th Committee (@January6thCmte) June 16, 2022
Fox News host Sean Hannity expressed concern that the entire White House Counsel’s Office could quit: pic.twitter.com/Vho2SaByWr
Donald Trump continued to pressure Mike Pence leading up to the Joint Session of Congress. On January 6, Trump called Pence.
— January 6th Committee (@January6thCmte) June 16, 2022
Here's what the President family members and staff said about that call: pic.twitter.com/gravPfdzjl
President Trump was told repeatedly that Mike Pence lacked the Constitutional and legal authority to do what Trump demanded he do.
— January 6th Committee (@January6thCmte) June 16, 2022
Testimony from Marc Short, the Vice President’s Chief of Staff, who served in the Trump administration in multiple positions over four years: pic.twitter.com/adAR9Fif6u
Here is what various advisors to President Trump thought about the scheme to overturn the election: pic.twitter.com/v0nIZVvQ9P
— January 6th Committee (@January6thCmte) June 16, 2022
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