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Mike Pence Vows To 'Tell The Truth' During Testimony In Jan. 6 Probe

"People can be confident that weā€™ll obey the law, weā€™ll comply with the law," Pence told CBS' Robert Costa on ā€œFace the Nation."

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Ben Blanchet

Apr 24, 2023, 01:10 AM EDT

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Updated 7 hours ago

 

Former Vice President Mike Pence promised to ā€œtell the truthā€ when he testifies before a federal grand jury probing the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.

ā€œWeā€™ll obey the law, weā€™ll tell the truth and the story that Iā€™ve been telling the American people all across the country ā€” the story that I wrote in the pages of my memoir ā€” thatā€™ll be what I tell in that setting as well,ā€ Pence said in a Sunday interview with CBSā€™ Robert Costa on ā€œFace the Nation.ā€

 

Pence was subpoenaed by the Justice Departmentā€™s special counsel Jack Smith to testify before the panel. He initially fought what he described as the ā€œunprecedentedā€ move to compel his testimony, pointing to his role as president of the Senate as protecting him from testifying under the U.S. Constitutionā€™s ā€œspeech or debateā€ clause. He dropped his legal fight earlier this month.

He told Costa his attorneys have arranged a date for his grand jury appearance, but didnā€™t elaborate. He also said heā€™s grateful that a court acknowledged his concerns about testifying.

ā€œFor the first time in history, a federal court acknowledged that that provision of the Constitution applies to the vice president and theyā€™ve limited what theyā€™ll be requesting of me,ā€ Pence said.

 

Costa pressed Pence about whether heā€™ll testify about private conversations with then-President Donald Trump.

ā€œI think Iā€™m limited about what I can say about the proceedings of the grand jury or the decision of the judge, but people can be confident that weā€™ll obey the law, weā€™ll comply with the law,ā€ Pence answered.

 

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