Team Pence Is Spilling to Jan. 6 Panel About Trump's Inaction During Riot, Says Report

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Team Pence Is Spilling to Jan. 6 Panel About Trump’s Inaction During Riot, Says Report
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Jamie Ross
News Correspondent
Published Jan. 06, 2022 6:10AM ET
Reuters/Carlos Barria

The House investigators who are trying to piece together exactly what Donald Trump was up to when his supporters were ransacking the Capitol a year ago are being helped out by some of former Vice President Mike Pence’s closest allies, according to a report from Axios. The report states that some of Pence’s most senior staffers—including his former Chief of Staff Marc Short and ex-press secretary Alyssa Farah—have voluntarily offered up testimony without being subpoenaed. They told the site that investigators are keen to determine how long Trump held out against pleas to do something to halt the violence at the Capitol. Farah told Axios she’s spoken to the panel twice. “From the two I was in, you could see how much information they already had,” she said. “Those who are refusing to cooperate likely are doing so out of complete fealty to Donald Trump and not wanting to piss him off. But, secondarily, because they’re realizing the committee has quite a bit more information than they realized. And their involvement is known to a much greater degree than they realized.”

[2naSalit]

1. All those whom we are wanting to see testify...

And refusing to do so only shows their complicity. They can be charged with crimes regardless of whether they choose to actually testify or not.

[Walleye]

2. I've been wondering about Marc Short. He's sort of a traditional Republican

[Girard442]

3. Ultimately it's better to do the right thing for the wrong reason rather than vice versa.

If Pence's people are just testifying to cover their asses, it's still the right thing to do.

[Harker]

4. Inaction also speaks louder than words. n/t

[SheltieLover]

5. Wondering if spineless Pence will testify?

Guessing not.

[tecelote]

6. If Pence wants a shot at being the Republican nominee...

Now is the time to bury Trump.

He has the power to do to Trump what Trump would do to him in a second if it benefitted him.

Win or lose the nomination, he could be remembered as someone who stood up to defend America.

Supporting Trump only kills his hopes for 2024.

Pence should pounce.

[Alien Life Form]

7. and the article says this...

Donald Trump had such a good time watching the Capitol riot unfold on live TV that he rewound the coverage to watch it twice, according to his former press secretary Stephanie Grisham. Speaking to CNN from Washington, D.C. on the first anniversary of the riot, Grisham recalled that Trump was in the White House dining room as the insurrection unfolded. “He was in the dining room gleefully watching on his TV as he often did, [saying] ‘Look at all the people fighting for me,’ hitting rewind, watching it again, that’s all that I know,” said the former press secretary.

Lower and lower he goes!

[llashram]

8. if Axios has this right

excellent...

[BlueWavePsych]

9. K&R

[Hekate]

10. KnR