Pence’s revenge: VP turns star witness against Trump in Jan. 6 case
Posted on AllSides August 3rd, 2023
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Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP
Former President Donald Trump once called his vice president a “wimp” and the “p-word” for refusing to block Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s presidential victory.
Now Mike Pence has turned against Mr. Trump and become a star witness in a federal criminal case that could land the ex-president in prison for decades.
Special counsel Jack Smith’s four-count indictment of Mr. Trump on charges he undertook a “criminal scheme” to remain in office despite losing the election features a set of contemporaneous notes by Mr. Pence. The former vice president dutifully handed over the notes to federal prosecutors
The notes detailed...
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