Former Vice President Mike Pence refused to leave the Capitol on Jan. 6 despite urging from Secret Service because he "did not want to take any chance that the world would see the vice president of the United States fleeing the United States Capitol," his former counsel testified on Thursday.
Driving the news: The committee displayed photos of Pence in an underground location during the riot, including one showing Pence reading former President Trump's tweet from that day. Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) also said that the rioters who breached the U.S. Capitol came within 40 feet of the former vice president.
- "Make no mistake about the fact that the Vice President's life was in danger," Aguilar said.