The Latest Breaking News from Marc Short

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is using a grand jury in Washington to investigate efforts by former President Donald Trump and his inner circle to create false electors and pressure former Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the 2020 election, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Donald Trump and Mike Pence both pulled into in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday — but they didn’t sit down to reminisce about old times.

The former chief of staff to former Vice President Mike Pence has testified before a federal grand jury investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol

Appearance of Marc Short indicates justice department has penetrated inner circle of Trump White House in its criminal inquiry

The ex-Trump White House staffer is the highest-ranking official from the former administration who is known to have testified in the Justice Department’s investigation of the Capitol attack

Former Vice President Mike Pence is becoming increasingly brazen in his willingness to counter former President Donald Trump

Stunning new revelations about former President Donald Trump's fight to overturn the 2020 election have exposed growing political vulnerabilities just as he eyes another presidential bid

The most telling testimony against the Republican former president has come from Republicans he appointed or who supported him and voted for him (and, in some cases, say they would do so again).

Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows was not at Thursday’s latest hearing by the Jan. 6 committee hearing. But his presence loomed as witnesses reconstructed the events leading up to and on the day that supporters of then-President Donald Trump attacked the U.S. Capitol.