Committee member Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) speaks during the fourth of eight planned public hearings of the U.S. House Select Committee to investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. June 21, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (Reuters) - A member of the U.S. congressional panel probing the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol said on Sunday he was encouraged by Mike Pence's recent comments that the former vice president was willing to consider testifying before the committee.
"I was encouraged to hear it and I hope it meant what it sounded like it meant. We have been in discussion with the (former) vice president's counsel for some time," U.S. Representative Adam Schiff, a Democrat, said in an interview with CNN on Sunday.
Pence has said he thinks Trump was wrong to believe the former vice president had the power to reverse the outcome of the 2020 election, whose results were being certified by Pence and lawmakers when the Capitol was attacked by supporters of Trump, a Republican. The attack occurred weeks after false claims by the former president that he had won the election. read more
Schiff said on Sunday: "He (Pence) knows of our interest in having him come before us, and I am confident that if he is truly willing, that there is a way to work out any executive privilege or separation of powers issues."
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