Refusing to be held accountable to the public you're supposed to serve as Vice President is offensive to the public.“Our investigation has publicly presented the testimony of more than 50 Republican witnesses, including senior members of the Trump White House, the Trump Campaign, and the Trump Justice Department,” [...] . “This testimony, subject to criminal penalties for lying to Congress, was not ‘partisan.’ It was truthful.”
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Soon after the Jan. 6 panel’s push back on Wednesday, Pence appeared on CNN for a town hall with Jake Tapper, where the anchor asked the former vice president about Thompson and Cheney’s statement.
“Well, it’s not the first sharp elbow I’ve gotten on Capitol Hill,” the former vice president responded as he stood by his comments earlier in the day.
Pence again argued the committee had “no right to his testimony,” citing separation of powers concerns as he expressed worry over a vice president testifying before Congress.
“The principle itself was offensive to me,” Pence told Tapper. “I thought the missed opportunity with Jan. 6th was we could have proceeded in a way that was above politics.”
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Asshat.
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