Former Vice President Mike Pence appeared Thursday before a federal grand jury investigating former President Trump’s efforts to remain in power after the 2020 election, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to The Hill.
His testimony is a major development in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into Trump’s conduct around the 2020 election and the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, when rioters attempted to stop Pence and lawmakers from certifying President Biden’s victory.
The former vice president reportedly spent several hours at a courthouse in Washington, D.C., testifying on Thursday.
Pence has maintained he has nothing to hide from investigators about the fallout after the 2020 election.
Pence had previously challenged a subpoena from Smith for his testimony in the case on the grounds that serving as the former president of the Senate essentially made him a member of the legislative branch on the day of the riots, and he would therefore be shielded from the subpoena under the “speech and debate” clause of the Constitution.
A federal judge earlier this month ruled that Pence had to provide testimony about Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, though the judge said Pence would not be compelled to testify about his role in Congress.
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JUST IN: Pence testifies before grand jury investigating Jan. 6 https://t.co/sdHYVWBqND pic.twitter.com/llEiUkne0I
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