A federal appeals court has cleared the way for former Vice President Mike Pence to testify before a grand jury investigating efforts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election, rejecting a bid by former President Donald Trump’s to block the testimony.
, would be a milestone moment in the investigation and would likely give prosecutors a key first-person account as they press forward with their inquiry.
Pence was subpoenaed to testify earlier this year, but lawyers for Trump objected, citing executive privilege concerns. A judge in March refused to block Trump’s appearance, though he did side with the former vice president’s constitutional claims that he could not be forced to answer questions about anything related to his role as presiding over the Senate’s certification of votes on Jan. 6.
Pence has said that Trump endangered his family and everyone else who was at the Capitol that day and history will hold him “accountable.”
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