During the January 6 Capitol insurrection, the mob of supporters of former President Donald Trump was targeting his then-vice president Mike Pence aside from lawmakers. Pence’s whereabouts as the riots transpired will become a key argument in a Capitol insurrectionist’s trial.
According to Politico, Cowboys for Trump leader Cuoy Griffin is set to argue Pence’s whereabouts in his second trial for his participation in the insurrection. The judge in the case has granted Griffin’s request to question the Secret Service regarding Pence’s whereabouts during the riots. Griffin is charged with breaching a Secret Service-protected zone.
Griffin cited that Pence’s evacuation by his Secret Service detail took him off Capitol grounds and outside the perimeter established to protect Pence as Congress formally counted electoral votes to certify Joe Biden’s victory.
However, DOJ prosecutors say Griffin’s argument is nonsense. They pointed out that the Secret Service witnesses will refuse to disclose Pence’s exact location on that day as it would compromise the national security protocols for Pence’s successor Kamala Harris and the vice presidents that will follow.
Pence was within the Capitol complex as the siege occurred, and they added that it would not matter if he left, as the law violation Griffin is charged with only applies if the now-former vice president planned to return.
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