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Martin Pengelly in Washington

Pence’s son reportedly convinced him to stand up to Trump over January 6

Mike Pence looks at Donald Trump
Mike Pence looks on as Donald Trump leads a meeting with the White House coronavirus taskforce at the White House on 2 March 2020. Photograph: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Mike Pence reportedly decided to skip the congressional certification process for Joe Biden’s 2020 election win, because to preside over it as required by the constitution would be “too hurtful” to his “friend”, Donald Trump. He was then shamed into standing up to Trump by his son, a US marine.

“Dad, you took the same oath I took,” the then vice-president’s son Michael Pence said, according to ABC News, adding that it was “an oath to support and defend the constitution”.

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