![]() ![]() 4, 2021, where Pence allegedly questioned a proposal by "Co-Conspirator 2," whom ABC News deduces is Trump election attorney John Eastman, to send the electoral votes back to states, an action Pence maintains he didn't have authority under to do under the Constitution. 29, 2020, where Trump allegedly told Pence the Justice Department was "finding major infractions." The second direct reference to them is to a meeting on Jan. The first reference to Pence's "contemporaneous notes" is at the mention of a meeting on Dec. "Contemporaneous notes" Pence says he took at the time are directly mentioned twice in the indictment. They asked me to reject votes, return votes, essentially to overturn the election, and to keep faith with the oath that I made and the American people and to Almighty God, I rejected that out of hand," he said. "The American people deserve to know that President Trump and his advisers didn't just ask me to pause. The president specifically asked me - his gaggle of crackpot lawyers asked me - to literally reject votes to which would have resulted in the issue being turned over to the House of Representatives and literally chaos would have ensued," Pence responded. "Let's be clear on this point, it wasn't just that they asked for a pause. The president's entitled to the presumption of innocence and entitled to his day in court." "I don't want to prejudge how that case may unfold. I'm somebody that believes in the rule of law, but look, I have nothing to hide," Pence told reporters at the Indiana State Fair. ![]() "I testified under a subpoena before the grand jury. ![]() When asked Wednesday if he would testify in Trump's criminal trial, Pence said he has "nothing to hide," but in his trademark cautious approach, continued to hedge. Trump has denied wrongdoing and on Thursday pleaded not guilty to all the new charges against him. While Pence fought in court to keep from testifying before the grand jury, he was ultimately ordered to do so, and it appears from the 45-page indictment that his account of Trump's state of mind - and "contemporaneous notes" cited in the document - significantly helped special counsel Jack Smith lay out his case that Trump knew he had lost and despite that, pursued illegal efforts to hold onto power. Former Vice President Mike Pence is a central figure in the indictment accusing former President Donald Trump of crimes for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election - and in a dramatic turn - could also be a witness in a forthcoming trial, while both he and Trump campaign to be the next president. ![]()
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