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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Shweta Sharma

Pence says Trump told him he was ‘too honest’ when he said he didn’t have power to overturn election

REUTERS

Donald Trump told Mike Pence he was being “too honest” when the former vice president said he didn’t have the power to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory amidst intense pressure, he wrote in his memoir.

Giving a first-hand extensive account of his exchanges with Mr Trump after the election and during the 6 January riots on Capitol, Mr Pence wrote that the then-president said his supporters would “hate his guts” and urged him not to “wimp out” to go down as a figure in history.

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