Former US Vice President Pence will testify
Devin O’Malley, a spokesman for former US Vice President Pence, said in a written statement: “Vice President Pence will not appeal the judge’s decision and will comply with the subpoena as required by law.” he shared his statement.
Pence, who has not previously responded to any official calls from the Trump investigations, will thus appear before a grand jury for the first time.
It is unknown when the former vice president will testify before the grand jury about the investigation in question.
On March 28, the US Federal Court rejected the “executive privilege” argument for failing to testify before a grand jury investigating former Vice President Mike Pence’s efforts to disrupt the 2020 election.
DC Federal District Court Judge James Boasberg ruled that Pence had to respond to a call from former Attorney General Jack Smith, who was appointed as special lead expert in the “confidential documents” and “congressional raid” investigations. January 6″ about former President Donald Trump. .
Experts said Pence had the right to appeal Judge Boasberg’s decision.
PENCE DECIDED TO HAVE IMMUNITY
In February, Special Enforcement Attorney General Smith sent Pence an official subpoena to testify before a jury about his conversations with Trump as part of the investigation into the January 6 congressional raid, and Pence and his lawyers argued that, according to the Constitution, the vice president had immunity in connection with his duties.
“I will fight the Justice Department’s subpoena for Biden to testify before a grand jury because I believe it is unconstitutional and unprecedented,” Pence said. he had used the words.
Trump’s lawyers also filed in the same court in a separate filing requesting that Pence’s testimony be limited because of “executive privilege” that protects certain communication between the president and vice president.
The federal court’s refusal was seen as “the latest defeat for Trump’s legal team in their efforts to limit their calls to testify against grand juries investigating the former president of the United States on a variety of issues.” (AA)