The president didn’t reach out to the vice president at any point to ask if he was safe." Rep. "But it’s also very clear that he didn’t get checked in on. "He was acting like one would expect a leader to act," Aguilar said, commenting on how Pence had asked about the safety of others. © 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc.After being evacuated, Aguilar said the vice president was making calls to congressional leaders and the acting Defense Secretary, while members of his staff had talked to the top Republicans in each chamber: Rep. 6 committee over his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. Trump is under investigation by the Justice Department and the House Jan. 6 after he informed him once again that he didn’t believe he had the constitutional authority to reject electors. ‘If you do that, I made a big mistake five years ago!’” Pence recalls Trump telling him the morning of Jan. The Washington Post via Getty Images “You can be a historic figure … but if you wimp out, you’re just another somebody,” Trump told Pence. Pence claims Trump chastised him for going against his wishes. 6, Trump once again called Pence to pressure him to overturn the election results. 4, Pence says that he was summoned to the Oval Office for a meeting with legal scholar John Eastman, Trump, and others, during which Eastman argued unconvincingly that Pence could stop the certification of Joe Biden’s victory.Ī second similar meeting between Eastman the president and the vice president occurred the following day, and on the morning of Jan.
“You can be a historic figure … but if you wimp out, you’re just another somebody,” Trump reportedly told Pence on Jan. “‘You’re too honest … Hundreds of thousands are gonna hate your guts … People are gonna think you’re stupid,’” Trump said, berating his number two.įollowing that encounter with the president, Pence writes that Trump continued to pressure him to reject electoral votes unilaterally. When Pence explained his legalistic reasoning behind not wanting to reject electors, namely that he didn’t believe that he “possessed that power under the Constitution” to do that, Trump chastised him, according to Pence. AFP via Getty ImagesĪfter Trump’s comment, Pence says that he informed the former president that he did oppose the lawsuit, to which Trump reportedly responded, “If it gives you the power … why would you oppose it?” Scott Applewhite According to Pence, Trump warned that “thousands are gonna hate your guts” prior to Jan.
Former Vice President Mike Pence reveals Trump was not fond of his honesty regarding the 2020 election. “I don’t want to see ‘Pence Opposes Gohmert Suit’ as a headline this morning,” Trump told Pence five days before the riot at the Capitol, according to the former vice president. Louie Gohmert to grant the vice president “exclusive authority and sole discretion” to decide which electoral votes to count. In the meeting, Pence said he was not going to support a lawsuit filed by Rep. In the piece published by the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, Pence said Trump made the remarks on New Year’s Day 2021 after Pence refused to stop the certification of the 2020 election results. Vice President Mike Pence revealed on Wednesday that former President Donald Trump criticized him for being “too honest” and warned that “thousands are gonna hate your guts” in the days leading up to the Jan. Trump doesn’t consider the US to ‘have much of a democracy right now’ Trump denies pushing GOP allies for Biden impeachment inquiry
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Trump backs cognitive tests for presidents after his own series of slipups, including claim Biden would push US into WWII Trump: ‘It was my decision’ to buy into idea that 2020 election was rigged - ‘didn’t respect’ aides who told him he lost
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