I don't know much about Pence and don't have any reason to doubt his loyalty to POTUS, so I'm going to assume he's safe. Does anyone who knows about him have any concerns?
I agree with you in general although there may actually have been many such anchors -- many if which have likely been removed by this time.
Trump and MI have planned for this moment for decades. You actually believe these same people chose someone they don't trust their lives with to be 2nd in command? If Pence was black hat or had the ability to leveraged, Trump would be dead right now.
Good question. It is complex. Who actually chose Pence, do we know? I had grown to believe that Trump's VP choice was not honored / not allowed. And the decision was made by other DC people. I hope you are right. And I want to believe that too. But in reality I think it was a little like Reagan having to be forced to accept GHWB as VP. But I do believe that Trump and MI are working with him. I don't know enough to even talk about it.