to look at the evidence. look at where this is headed in our special report for you. we start with one reason this looms large. mike pence is not just another witness. he s not just a high-ranking official in the attempted coup conspiracy. this is very important. we touched on it last night briefly. the coup plotters viewed pence as their desired mvp, their needed collaborator, they attempted co-conspirator. the remedy was for vice president pence to remand those votes back to the states. the vice president s got a lot of power, and that s very important to recognize. vz we to assume that this is going to be a climatic bat that will s going to take place this week about the very question of the constitutionally of the electoral count act of 1877? that depends on the courage of those involved. vice president mike pence? yes. if mike pence does the right thing, we win the election. this is from one of the top constitutional lawyers in our country. he has the absolut
that depends on the courage of those involved. vice president mike pence? yes. if mike pence does the right thing, we win the election. this is from one of the top constitutional lawyers in our country. he has the absolute right to do it. these were fateful words. that was, of course, on january 6th. that bloodless part of the coup plot was, in their minds, supposed to culminate in then vice president pence, thwarting that certification and setting off events to help steal the election. but pence refused to do that, or break the law that day for trump. the january 6th committee viewed trump s efforts as criminal, and they sometimes relied on pence aides for key evidence, including how, at the time it was pence lawyers who were firmly of the view that pence didn t have an authority to steal the election. for his part, mike pence has played many different roles in this whole series of events.