Federal judge orders former VP Pence to testify in Jan. 6 probe
WASHINGTON – A federal judge has ordered former Vice President Mike Pence to provide information to a federal grand jury as part of a Justice Department special counsel's investigation into Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election, a person familiar with the matter said.
Greg Jacob, Pence’s general counsel, testified that Trump called Pence the morning of Jan. 6 in a “heated” exchange. Jacob said Pence took the call privately but returned looking “steely, determined, grim.” Sarah Matthews, a former deputy press secretary in the White House, said Trump’s tweet at 2:24 p.m. – after he evacuated the Senate chamber – fueled the angry crowd. “I think that in that moment for him to tweet out that message about Mike Pence, it was him pouring gasoline on the fire and making it much worse,” Matthews said.The prospect of grand jury testimony comes at an awkward time for Pence as he considers a run for the presidency in 2024.
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