WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is appealing a court decision that would require former Vice President Mike Pence to appear before a federal grand jury investigating efforts to undermine the 2020 presidential election, according to a person familiar with the matter.
A federal judge in Washington in late March rejected the former president’s effort to argue that executive privilege should block Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith’s office from questioning Pence.
Trump appealed that ruling to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in recent days, according to the person, who requested anonymity to discuss sealed proceedings.
