on Wednesday, the House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot presented pre-produced video evidence of former President Donald Trump calling for former Vice President Mike Pence to "come through" and "stand up" for the country on Jan. 6 and berating Pence as a "wimp" and "pussy." They also showed video of rioters echoing similar sentiments and calling for violence against Pence if he didn't refuse to certify the 2020 presidential election. But perhaps the most powerful revelation from the third hearing was that a former federal appellate and Supreme Court clerk sought a pardon after pushing a plot to overturn the election.
Numerous Democrats have cited Pence as being vital to ensuring that the election was not overthrown by Trump. During the electoral vote-count ceremony on January 6, the vice president did not go along with a legally dubious scheme – now known as the "Eastman memo" – laid out by ex-Trump attorney John Eastman, a former law school dean, who sought to have the former vice president reject certified electors in various swing states that Trump had lost.
