Jan 6 hearing recap: Donald Trump lawyer John Eastman requested pardon
Pence's chief of staff said the then-vice president told Trump \
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Pence's chief of staff said the then-vice president told Trump \
Pence's chief of staff said the then-vice president told Trump \
Pence's chief of staff said the then-vice president told Trump \
Expecting to focus on the pressure with then vice president mike pence to refuse to count lawful electoral votes. >> we know some of what's coming because the committee released a video clip from its deposition of trump campaign attorney eric hershmann and talks about john eastman who tries to help former president trump to block the 2020 election results. listen to this. >> i don't want to hear any other f-ing words coming out of your mouth other than orderly transition. repeat those words to me. and eventually he said, orderly transition. i said, good, john. now i'm going to give you the bes...
Anchor of inside politics. so jeffrey toobin, we heard hershman warning eastman who was trying to perpetuate the lie, right, and trying to help the president block the results. that's an insider from the white house at the time saying that which is just remarkable to hear. how significant is it? >> one of my favorite things about the video is in the background, there's a baseball bat with the word justice on it. and i think that's a pretty good description of eric hershmann, a ferocious partisan republican. i mean, this is not adam shiff talking about donald trump. this is a very tough republi...