The former president repeatedly attacked his vice president prior to and during the Capitol riot, even as his supporters chanted death threats against Pence.
"President Trump knew from unassailable sources that his election fraud claims were false," Committee Vice Chair Representative, a Wyoming Republican, said at the concluding hearing last month."There is no defense that Donald Trump was duped or irrational."
Above, Mike Pence and Donald Trump are seen at a daily press briefing in April 2020. Pence on Sunday said that"bad advice" from attorneys led to the former president's attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.While never absolving Trump of his responsibility in pushing unfounded election fraud claims, the committee did, in earlier hearings, reveal advice that the former president got from lawyer John Eastman.
This last-ditch effort to subvert the election ultimately led to the January 6"Stop the Steal" rally last year, which led directly to the riot at the Capitol. Those who took part in the attack said that they intended to commit violence against the then-vice president for not going along with the plan first suggested by Eastman, with many being heard chanting"Hang Mike Pence."
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