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Laffy Nov 23, 2022

Justice Department is seeking to question former Vice President Mike Pence as a witness in connection with its criminal investigation into Trump’s efforts to stay in power after he lost the 2020 election

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/23/us/politics/mike-pence-jan-6.html

Justice Dept. Seeking to Question Pence in Jan. 6 Investigation

Prosecutors want to speak with the former vice president as a witness to former President Donald Trump’s efforts to remain in power, and he is said to be considering how to respond.

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Laffy Nov 23, 2022

2/ How nice that he's "open to considering..." DOJ can subpoena, so he'll pretty much have to be "open" to that:

"Pence, according to people familiar with his thinking, is open to considering the request, recognizing that the Justice Department’s criminal investigation is different from the inquiry by the House Jan. 6 committee, whose overtures he has flatly rejected."

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Laffy Nov 23, 2022

3/ "...The process could take months, because Mr. Trump can seek to block, or slow, his testimony by trying to invoke executive privilege."

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4/ By the time he finally gets hauled in to testify, VP Pious McKissAss will have likely written another book. I mean, come on, he needs more income to compensate for all the money he'll lose trying to run a failed presidential campaign.