![]() Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner said Sunday that Pence's testimony leaves Trump in a "real danger zone." Drew Angerer/Getty Images MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images Pence announced this week that he will not fight a subpoena ordering him to testify before a grand jury in the Justice Department's investigation into Trump's alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Pence's agreement to testify does not bode well for Trump, according to Kirschner, who serves as an MSNBC legal analyst.įormer Vice President Mike Pence (left) and former President Donald Trump are seen. Ultimately, a judge ruled that Pence must testify before the grand jury, but does not need to answer questions directly related to this role. The former vice president initially sought to squash the subpoena, saying that his role as Senate president gave him "speech or debate" clause privilege, which states that members of Congress cannot be questioned over legislative duties. Capitol building allegedly motivated by Trump's unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud that he said cost him the election-but has expanded to include fake elector schemes allegedly organized by Trump allies. The investigation began with a focus on the January 6, 2021, riot-which saw a group of Trump supporters storm the U.S. Pence announced this week that he will comply with DOJ special counsel Jack Smith's subpoena ordering him to testify in his probe into Trump's alleged attempts to void the 2020 presidential election results. ![]() Donald Trump faces a "real danger zone" from former Vice President Mike Pence's testimony in the Department of Justice's (DOJ) investigation into the former president's alleged efforts to subvert the 2020 presidential election results, according to former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner. ![]()
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