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The Guardian - US
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Hugo Lowellin Washington

Mike Pence’s ex-chief of staff testifies to grand jury investigating January 6

Marc Short, former Vice-President Mike Pence's chief of staff, leaves a meeting with his former boss and fellow Republicans on Capitol Hill on 20 July.
Marc Short, former vice-president Mike Pence's chief of staff. Photograph: J Scott Applewhite/AP

Former vice-president Mike Pence’s chief of staff Marc Short appeared last week before a federal grand jury investigating events connected to the January 6 Capitol attack, indicating the justice department has penetrated the inner circle of the Trump White House in its criminal inquiry.

The appearance by Short – the top adviser to the former vice-president who was also by Pence’s side on the day of the Capitol attack – makes him the highest-ranking Trump White House official known to have testified before the grand jury in Washington.

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