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Judge: Trump's theory about Pence's election powers has 'no basis'

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump's theory that Vice President Mike Pence could have effectively deemed Trump the winner of the 2020 election is legally baseless and amounts to "constitutional mischief," retired federal Judge J. Michael Luttig told the Jan. 6 committee Thursday.

Los Angeles Times

Legal concerns swirled in Trump's inner circle over Jan. 6 plans

In the hearing Thursday, the committee linked Trump's pressure campaign against Pence to Jan. 6 violence.

Axios

Pence prevented a fall into chaos, and 3 other takeaways from Jan. 6 hearing

The committee laid out how Trump and a lawyer advising him pressured Pence even after Trump was aware there was a riot. The question now is whether Trump could face criminal consequences.

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Five key takeaways from third January 6 US Capitol riot hearing

Panel says rioters came within close proximity to Mike Pence at US Capitol as Trump turned ‘mob’ on his vice president.

Al Jazeera

Mike Pence 'resisted the pressure' and other takeaways from the Jan. 6 hearing

WASHINGTON — The third hearing of the House Jan. 6 committee on Thursday focused on the role of former Vice President Mike Pence, who became a crucial player in stopping former President Donald Trump's plan to overturn the 2020 election.

Los Angeles Times

Trump lawyer John Eastman sought presidential pardon after January 6

Disclosure from Capitol attack committee suggests consciousness of guilt in unlawful scheme to return Trump to White House

The Guardian - US

There was just '40 feet between the vice president and the mob' on Jan. 6, Aguilar says

WASHINGTON — The violent mob that stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, came dangerously close to then-Vice President Mike Pence, posing an immediate threat to his life, according to testimony from Thursday's hearing on the insurrection.

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Trump knew asking Pence to overturn election was illegal, Jan. 6 committee says

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump knew that asking Vice President Mike Pence to unilaterally overturn the 2020 presidential election was illegal but pressured him to do it anyway, the House committee investigating Jan. 6, 2021, argued at its Thursday hearing, where it also made the case that Trump put Pence’s…

Los Angeles Times

Jan. 6 panel makes case that Trump put Pence's life in danger

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump knew asking Vice President Mike Pence to unilaterally overturn the 2020 presidential election was illegal but pressured him to do it anyway, the House committee investigating Jan. 6, 2021, argued at its Thursday hearing, where it also made the case that Trump put Pence’s life…

Los Angeles Times

Trump was told Pence could not overturn US election, but still pressured him, January 6 panel hears

The US House of Representatives select committee is told outgoing president Donald Trump continued his pressure campaign against his vice-president even though he knew a violent mob of his supporters was threatening the Capitol on January 6, 2021.

ABC News

‘Pouring gasoline on the fire’: Trump knew election plot was illegal and egged on riot that threatened Mike Pence’s life, Jan 6 hearing reveals

New testimony reveals one of Mr Trump’s White House lawyers telling law professor John Eastman he was ‘out of his effing mind’ for suggesting that then-vice president Mike Pence unilaterally throw out electoral votes for Joe Biden

The Independent UK

Pence aide: Election in peril of being 'decided in the streets'

WASHINGTON — In the days leading up to Jan. 6, 2021, conservative lawyer John Eastman repeatedly pressed then-Vice President Mike Pence to either reject certain states' electoral college votes or delay Congress from certifying the results of the 2020 election, leaving seemingly no options for a logical resolution, according to…

Los Angeles Times

Eastman sought pardon for the Pence plot

Trump lawyer who pressured Pence to reject electors asked for pardon after Jan. 6

Salon

A respected conservative judge is now a critic of his party — and former clerks

Retired federal Judge J. Michael Luttig was questioned by one of his former law clerks about the role of another in the insurrection. He has spoken out against former clerks John Eastman and Ted Cruz.

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Evening Standard

Donald Trump tried to pressure Mike Pence to overturn election, panel hears

Donald Trump tried to pressure Mike Pence to overturn his 2020 presidential election defeat despite being repeatedly told he had no authority to do so, a congressional panel heard on Thursday.

Al Jazeera

January 6: How the day unfolded for US Vice President Mike Pence

Latest hearing in US lawmakers’ probe into Capitol riot focuses on Donald Trump pressure on Pence. Here’s what we know.

Los Angeles Times

Lawyer John Eastman told Trump plot to overturn election was illegal on Jan. 4, Pence aide says

WASHINGTON — A former aide to then-Vice President Mike Pence told congressional investigators in a deposition shown Thursday that conservative lawyer John Eastman admitted to President Donald Trump days before the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection that a plot to overturn the 2020 election was illegal.

Axios

Ex-Trump lawyer John Eastman sought pardon after Jan. 6

"I've decided that I should be on the pardon list, if that is still in the works," Eastman wrote.

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Tribune News Service

Jan. 6 committee wants to talk to Ginni Thomas about her connection with pro-Trump lawyer John Eastman

The Jan. 6 committee plans to ask Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, to testify after emails surfaced connecting her to pro-Trump lawyer John Eastman.

The Independent UK

Jan. 6 takeaways: Pence under pressure, and in danger

In its third hearing this month, the House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection is focusing on former President Donald Trump’s pressure on his vice president to delay or reject the certification of President Joe Biden’s victory -- and attempting to show how that pressure incited an angry mob…

WEKU

Jan. 6 committee leaders say Trump broke the law by trying to pressure Pence

The former president's campaign to get his vice president to overturn the election "was not just wrong," said Vice Chair Liz Cheney, a Republican, "it was illegal and unconstitutional."

The Independent UK

Trump White House attorneys called plan to overturn election ‘completely crazy’

‘Al Gore did not have a basis to do it in 2000. Kamala Harris shouldn’t be able to do it in 2024. But I think you should do it today’

Los Angeles Times

Trump’s pressure campaign on Pence is focus of third hearing on Jan. 6 insurrection

WASHINGTON — The pressure on Vice President Mike Pence to unilaterally overturn the 2020 presidential election and the danger he was in during the riot itself will be the focus of Thursday’s hearing on the House investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

Axios

Trump's plan for Pence would have created "first constitutional crisis" since U.S. founding, Jan 6. committee witness says

Luttig advised Pence that his only role was to "count the electoral college votes as they have been cast."

The Independent UK

‘No basis in the Constitution’: Jan 6 witness knocks down Trump lawyer’s argument to overturn election

Lead Trump lawyer formerly clerked for judge who dismissed his theory on Thursday

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