“I have nothing to hide,” Pence says as he considers whether to testify about Jan. 6, saying during his Iowa tour that he has already “written and spoken at length about this that day”.
- Former Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday he has not yet made a decision about whether to testify in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 investigation.
- Pence spent the day making three stops in Iowa
- “I have nothing to hide,” Pence told reporters. “I wrote and spoke a lot about this day”
Former Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday he has not yet made a decision about whether to testify in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 investigation.
Pence was spending the day making three stops in Iowa — the state that will hold the first presidential caucus — and was asked about Tuesday’s decision by federal judge James E. Boasberg who said he had to testify in the investigation.
He can appeal the decision.
“I have nothing to hide”, Pence said journalists, answering questions during its first stop in Urbandale, near Des Moines. “I wrote and spoke a lot about that day.”
“We will assess the best way forward and make our intentions known in the coming days,” the former vice president added.
Former Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday he has not yet made a decision about whether to testify in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 investigation.
Pence made similar comments in an interview with Greta Van Susteren on Newsmax on Tuesday night.
The twist in Pence’s hand comes after he sued Trump for the ex-president’s role in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack earlier this month at DC’s elite Gridiron dinner.
“President Trump was wrong. I had no right to void the election, and his reckless words endangered my family and everyone on Capitol Hill that day, and I know history will hold Donald Trump accountable,’ said Penny.
Addressing a lunchtime crowd in Cedar Rapids, Pence reiterated that point, explaining how he didn’t have the authority to reverse what the states had sent him to certify, pointing out to the GOP crowd that these are the Democrats who wrongly tried to “nationalize” the elections.
While Pence criticized Trump’s role on Jan. 6, he criticized Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s investigation into Stormy Daniels’ silent money scheme.
On Wednesday, Politico reported that the grand jury associated with the investigation was taking a previously scheduled month-long hiatus, which would keep the threat of an indictment looming over former President Donald Trump’s head more deeply. in the presidential campaign cycle.
Pence had told ABC’s Jonathan Karl that the Bragg probe was “politically charged” and “not what the American people want to see”.
The various Trump-related probes were not main fodder at the breakfasts and lunches Pence attended in Iowa.
At both, the ex-vice president attempted to humanize himself, telling small crowds how he moved to Indiana and bought a John Deere tractor.
John Deere’s headquarters is just across the Mississippi River from Davenport, Iowa, and so there’s a sense of pride about it in the Hawkeye State.
Pence said he now has grandchildren and was given the nickname “Bop.”
Wife Karen calls herself “Kiki” by the grandkids – and even has a license plate with the nickname written on it.
He even told funny stories about his time working as Trump’s vice president.
“It’s obvious – it didn’t end well,” he remarked. “But for all these four years, the president and I have had a good working relationship. Often the temperament of things was different, but we both understood each other, we both worked on the same program.
