Pence's 2024 hopes loom over potential testimony to Jan. 6 committee
CNN
Key members of the House committee probing the January 6, 2021, insurrection are dialing up pressure on former Vice President Mike Pence -- whom pro-Donald Trump rioters demanded be hanged on that dark day -- to testify to their committee.
Pence would instantly become the investigation's most high-profile witness and could further expose the ex-President's scheme to steal the 2020 election and his negligence in failing to halt the mob once it had smashed its way into the US Capitol.
The possibility of his testimony came into focus last week when he appeared to leave the door open to appearing. The former vice president also, however, staked out caveats involving executive privilege and the separation of powers that could form a rationale for him declining to show up. A source with knowledge of Pence's thinking told CNN last week that for those reasons it would be wrong to over-interpret the prospects of him testifying, adding that the former vice president also believes much of the information related to his experience that day has already been provided to the committee by two of his former top aides.
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