Mike Pence considered skipping Jan. 6 election certification: report
By Social Links for Josh Christenson
Published Nov. 28, 2023, 12:58 p.m. ET
Vice President Mike Pence considered skipping the congressional count of the 2020 Electoral College votes on Jan. 6, 2021, worrying that his attendance would be “too hurtful” to former President Donald Trump.
Pence, 64, disclosed his eleventh-hour concerns about presiding over the peaceful transfer of power during a deposition taken by prosecutors in special counsel Jack Smith’s office earlier this year, ABC News reported.
Sources familiar with Smith’s investigation spoke with the outlet about Pence’s recollection of the former president’s pressure to decertify the electoral count.
Smith subpoenaed Pence in February, and the former vice president later sat for interviews and shared details about handwritten notes — currently stored at the National Archives — that revealed his misgivings.
On Christmas Eve 2020, Pence reportedly made one note that he would step aside and allow a Trump-picked successor to fill his position for the electoral certification
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