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Politics
Areeba Shah

Experts: Why Trump wants to block Pence

Former President Donald Trump is appealing a ruling that would require former Vice President Mike Pence to appear before a federal grand jury investigating Trump's efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to Bloomberg.

Trump's appeal, filed Monday in the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for Washington, D.C., challenges the bid by special counsel Jack Smith to compel Pence's testimony earlier this year, asserting executive privilege in an effort to protect his conversations with the former vice president.

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