The special prosecutor in charge of investigating Donald Trump and in particular his exact role in the assault on the Capitol has summoned former Republican Vice President Mike Pence to testify this Friday, our CNN colleagues announce.
Already in November 2022, the US justice had indicated that it wanted to listen to the late Donald Trump in the course of the events of January 6, 2021.
That day, the former Republican president had publicly pressured Mike Pence not to certify the election results. Actions Denounced as “irresponsible” by Mike Pencethat nevertheless he had refused to be heard during the investigation commission of the House of Representatives on the attack on the Capitol.
“Months of negotiation”
The potential presidential candidate for 2024, Mike Pence will have to testify this time. This subpoena was decided after “months of negotiations between federal prosecutors and Mike Pence’s legal team,” ABC said.
Donald Trump, who has already announced his candidacy in the 2024 presidential election, could try to impede his former vice president’s testimony by exercising executive prerogative to keep his communications confidential, as he has tried to do with other officials named to testify in the federal investigation, he reported. AFP.
The special prosecutor will have to decide whether or not to recommend the prosecution of the Republican billionaire, and it will be up to the Minister of Justice to decide.
Source: BFM TV
