The Latest Breaking News from Mike Pence

On June 16, 2022, the House Committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol used its two-hour hearing to paint a picture of a relentless campaign by former President Donald Trump and his allies to pressure former Vice President Mike Pence into throwing the election to Trump.

Comes a day after the January 6 select committee detailed the administration’s pressure campaign for the vice president to stop certification of the 2020 election results.

Ivanka Trump‘s testimony recounts what she heard in the Oval Office

Brian Sicknick, a Capitol officer, died on 7 January 2021 after having two strokes the day after the Jan 6 riot

Select committee chairman warns that the ‘system nearly failed’ but for Pence’s defiance. Plus, top Republican negotiator walks out of Senate gun talks

The former law professor's name came up a number or times during the Jan. 6 investigation committee's hearing on Trump's pressure to get his vice president to overturn the 2020 election.

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If the vice-president had acquiesced to Trump’s demand, the country could have plunged into an unprecedented crisis

The former VP rejected the plot to overturn the election – the death knell for Trump and Pence’s marriage of convenience

House panel hears testimony on ex-president’s attempts to overturn election