Mike Pence Subpoenaed By Special Prosecutor Overseeing Donald Trump Investigations
deadline.comFormer Vice President Mike Pence has been subpoenaed by the special counsel tasked with the investigations of former President Donald Trump.
ABC News first reported on the subpoena, and its reporting was confirmed by multiple news outlets. Special Counsel Jack Smith, appointed in November, is investigating whether Trump or his associates mishandled classified documents and then engaged in obstruction as the government sought their return.
Smith also is investigating the efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. As was seen during the January 6th Committee hearings, Pence resisted Trump’s pressure to block the certification of electoral votes on Jan.
6, 2021, as he concluded that the vice president did not have the authority to do so. Pence did not testify before the committee, but his associates did.
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