Trump told Pence certifying election would be ‘political career killer’, valet says
Transcript cites testimony of presidential valet – and is released by House Republicans who say they’re ‘putting it all out there’Donald Trump told his vice-president, Mike Pence, that refusing to block certification of Joe Biden’s 2021 election victory at the Capitol on 6 January 2021 would be “a political career killer”, according to newly released testimony from a presidential valet.“Mike, this is a political career killer if you do this,” Trump told Pence by phone on the morning of January 6, the New York Times reported, citing a transcript of testimony to the House committee that investigated the deadly attack on Congress that unfolded later that day. Continue reading...
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Transcript cites testimony of presidential valet – and is released by House Republicans who say they’re ‘putting it all out there’
Donald Trump told his vice-president, Mike Pence, that refusing to block certification of Joe Biden’s 2021 election victory at the Capitol on 6 January 2021 would be “a political career killer”, according to newly released testimony from a presidential valet.
“Mike, this is a political career killer if you do this,” Trump told Pence by phone on the morning of January 6, the New York Times reported, citing a transcript of testimony to the House committee that investigated the deadly attack on Congress that unfolded later that day. Continue reading...