How could he possibly have known?

Feb 10th, 2023 | By
Category: Notes and Comment Blog

Pence has had the heavy arm of the law descend on his shoulder.

Former Vice President Mike Pence received a subpoena from the special counsel investigating key aspects of the sprawling probe into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and former president Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the election, according to a person familiar with the matter.

It’s about January 6th, the Post tells us.

It is unclear whether Pence will comply with the subpoena. His advisers had previously said he was not interested in appearing before the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

Yyyyyeeeeeah it’s not really about whether he’s “interested” or not.

Pence has publicly suggested Trump got bad legal advice and downplayed the idea that he saw criminal conduct.

“Well, I don’t know if it is criminal to listen to bad advice from lawyers,” Pence told NBC last year.

Oh come on. We’re not talking about some naïve random citizen here, we’re talking about a “president,” the chief law officer blah blah blah. Trump didn’t just bumble into trying to cancel an election because he didn’t know any better, Trump capped a long long career of criminality with an attempted coup. He didn’t just listen to bad advice!

“Presidents, just like all of us that have served in public life, you have to rely on your team, you have to rely on the credibility of the people around you. So, as time goes on, I hope we can move beyond this, beyond that prospect. And this is really a time when our country ought to be healing.”

Not on the basics you don’t. The fine points of national security, sure, but whether or not it’s ok to steal an election, no. Trump is a lifelong criminal, and Pence knows it.

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