On this image from video released by the House Select Committee, Vice President Mike Pence looks at a phone rom his secure evacuation location on Jan. 6 that’s displayed as House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing Thursday, June 16, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
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Former Vice President Mike Pence has been issued a subpoena by the special counsel overseeing criminal investigations of ex-President Donald Trump, considered one of which is concentrated on Trump’s efforts to overturn the outcomes of the 2020 election, NBC News confirmed Thursday evening.
Pence was pressured by Trump to refuse to simply accept the certifications of the Electoral College slates of several states that gave President Joe Biden his margin of victory within the 2020 race.
Pence didn’t agree with Trump’s request, and presided over a joint session of Congress that confirmed Biden’s victory. That joint session on Jan. 6, 2021, was interrupted for hours by a mob of Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol, sending Pence and members of Congress fleeing to cover from the invaders.
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