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Why is former Vice President Mike Pence key to the case?

A key part of the case deals with Pence and his dual role as vice president in the executive branch and Senate president in the legislative branch. Trump pressured Pence to recognize Republican presidential electors from states that Democratic President Joe Biden won, while presiding over the counting of Electoral College votes.

The court ruled that allegations about Trump’s interactions with Pence “present more difficult questions.” The 6-3 majority ruled that vice presidents presiding over the Senate are not functioning as part of the executive branch. But the majority refused to conclude that Trump lacked immunity for attempts to enlist Pence to use his ceremonial role “to fraudulently alter the election results.”

Trump has argued his communications with Pence were part of their official jobs and shielded from criminal charges. If the Pence material is dropped from the indictment, Trump’s lawyers contend all of the charges should be thrown out.

But prosecutors contend the communications with Pence were about his legislative role and about the election, so they were not official. The filing quotes Trump's posts on social media and in public statements pressuring and criticizing Pence not to certify the election results.

Smith's filing cites meetings between Trump and Pence in November and December 2020. After lawyers gave a pessimistic report about election lawsuits, Pence was quoted as telling Trump Nov. 12: “don’t concede but recognize process is over.” At a private lunch Dec. 21, Pence told Trump “not to look at the election ‘as a loss – just an intermission.’”

"Other than the specific official conduct related to Pence that the Supreme Court held to be official, none of the defendant’s other actions were official," Smith wrote.

https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3617432884519-special-counsel-jack-smith-details-election-subversion-case-against-donald-trump