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Pence says he'll 'comply with the law' if called to testify in Trump 2020 election trial

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Pence says he'll 'comply with the law' if called to testify in Trump 2020 election trial | CNN Politics

Former Vice President Mike Pence said he would comply with the law if he were compelled to testify in former President Donald Trump’s trial in the 2020 election case.

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he says that now… when the time comes, however, exactly what will his “compliance” look like?
sure, I believe he’d show up, but I also believe he’ll give mostly equivocations, pleas to the 5th, non-remembrances, and non-answer answers that mostly cover his own ass and deflect blame from the GOP than testimony that would give any real insight into or damning evidence against Trump or his co-conspirators.
If Pence had any desire to serve justice, he would have done so long, long ago.
- he’ll give mostly equivocations, pleas to the 5th, non-remembrances, and non-answer answers that mostly cover his own ass and deflect blame from the GOP th
  That's certainly what he's done in the media, but I'm not so sure that's how he'll respond when 1) he's answering narrow questions crafted by an experienced attorney and 2) he's answering questions after having sworn to God that he would tell the truth
  
  his displayed pattern of behavior for the past several decades has been a hateful, self-serving scumbag. why would that suddenly change now?
  
  the traitor also swore on the bible hed uphold the constitution from all enemies foreign AND DOMESTIC
- What could he have done?
  He seems like a straight guy in every sense of the word. I vehemently disagree with his politics but I am sure that he will testify truthfully.
  
  That's a tough one. The guy is such a scumbag, but repeatedly telling trump no and refusing to be above the law was a huge thing. I actually respect him for doing that.
  Is he 100% off the trump train? Is it enough so he won't hold back? Hopefully his sense of honor for the country he seems to have will be strong enough to not hand waive things away.
  
  For a start he could have testified to the Jan 6th House Select Committee...
  
  but I am sure that he will testify truthfully.
  I never said that I expect he’d commit perjury
- Pence? I don't like the guy for his religious ideologies, but that man is furious at what Trump did to him on Jan 6.
  I don't think he'll go above and beyond to bury Trump, but he won't be putting impediments to the prosecution at all.
  
  yeah, he hates trump, but he loves the GOP, and hurting Trump hurts the GOP.
  and while I don’t think he’d hurt the prosecution, I have serious doubts as to how much he’d actually help them.
Interesting that "Republican intends to comply with the law" is seen as a newsworthy event ....
Pence: "I won't break the law."
Great. You wanna cookie or something?
Note: "comply with the law" isn't the same as "comply." Remember how many of Trump's people fought requests and subpoenas and dragged the whole process out until the courts told them to testify or not. Pence could challenge every subpoena until SCOTUS tells him he has to appear and that would still be "comply(ing) with the law."
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Who knew that complying with the law was an elective for politicians that swear on bibles to respect their position and serve the country.
Good thing he decided to be a good guy!
This is the best summary I could come up with:
But … I don’t know what the path of this indictment will be,” he told CNN’s Dana Bash in an interview that aired Sunday on “State of the Union.”
“But actually there are profound issues around this, pertaining to the First Amendment, freedom of speech and the rest.
Trump on Thursday pleaded not guilty in a Washington, DC, courthouse to four criminal charges – including conspiracy to defraud the United States – related to the investigation led by special counsel Jack Smith into attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
The federal judge who will preside over the case intends to set a trial date at the next hearing on August 28.
In his interview with CNN, Pence said Trump “was wrong then, and he’s wrong now” on the idea that Pence, as vice president presiding over Congress’ count of the Electoral College vote, had a right to reject the election result.
On Saturday evening, Trump claimed in a Truth Social post that “I never told … Pence to put me above the Constitution,” calling the former vice president “delusional.”
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Glad Pence will. He needs to do so.
On paper, Pence should be an excellent Republican candidate. Hard right social positions, and known as being “too honest.” He had 90% approval rating among republicans in January 2021, then a week later it fell over 50%. He now has so little support he may not qualify for the debate stage. The GOP has become too extreme, and Fox News and the party leaders are like addicts who know they need to stop but prefer the pleasures and benefits of going harder and harder.
Only Mike Pence could trip on such a low bar.
- Go back to Russia.
  
  🥱
Pence reminds me of Wormtongue in LOTR.
He has the guts of an earthworm.
So grateful for this. He's a pos but atleast he has some shadow of integrity
- this isn’t integrity. it’s entirely self-interest.
  if he had integrity, he would have come out with all of what he knew long ago, especially when he was subpoenaed by congress when they were conducting their investigation— a subpoena he refused to comply with, btw.

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