The former Vice President talking about trumps indictment now. January 6th was a tragedy. Ive spoken and written about it extensively. I have nothing to hide. By gods grace i believe we did our duty that day. Fulfilled the oath that id taken to the constitution and to the American People. The constitution is quite clear about the role of the Vice President in the counting of electoral votes. It essentially says the Vice President presides over a Joint Session Of Congress where the electoral votes that are certified by the states shall be opened and shall be counted. And irrespective of the indictment i want the American People to know that i had no right to overturn the election. And that on that day President Trump asked me to put him over the constitution but i chose the constitution. And i always will. And i really do believe that anyone who puts themself over the constitution should never be president of the United States. And anyone who asks themselves to put themselves over the c
they say, you know, that vice prident pence was refusing to in a lawsuit that ulhave helped try to delay some of this. pence responded that he thought that there was no constitutional basis for suchutrity and that it was improper. in response the former president tells the vice president u re too honest. and within hours of that conversation the former president reminded his supporters to meet in washington before the certification proceeding, again, setting in motion the events that happened on january 6th, telling them of course that this was the stop the steal effort. that conversation is what pence was just asked about there by a reporter in his indianapolis event. and it s interesting because look, we know that pence is looking at this through a political lens. sure. we re in the middle and he s running and trump s running. but there s also the legal lens. and you re starting to see i think, you know, pence is a smart guy and he s starting to see how perhaps these things