The former US president “publicly pressured Mike Pence” to prevent him from certifying Joe Biden’s presidential victory, according to the commission of inquiry.
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Incendiary tweets, a threatening call, a fiery speech … The commission of inquiry into the assault on the Capitol detailed during a hearing on Thursday, June 16, the numerous pressures exerted by Donald Trump on his vice-president to try to prevent him from certifying the victory of Joe Biden in the American presidential election. “The president was repeatedly told that the vice president could not change the outcome of the election. But he still publicly pressured Mike Pence to do just that.”said the elected Democrat Pete Aguilar, during a detailed presentation.
After almost a year of investigation, the group of elected House of Representatives seeks to show that Donald Trump’s rejection of the results of the November 2020 presidential election was the essential component of a thoughtful strategy to keep power. This quickly focused on the ceremony of certification of the results of the election to Congress, on January 6, 2021, the day of the assault on the Capitol.
The commission of inquiry unveiled the precise plan drawn up by lawyer John Eastman for Donald Trump in December 2020, aimed at exploiting loopholes in the voter count law and blocking Joe Biden’s accession to the White House. Under pressure, Mike Pence then turned to several legal experts, who assured him that he had no legal leeway and had to certify the Democrat’s victory.
Supporting testimony, the group of elected officials also revealed a telephone exchange between Donald Trump and his vice-president on the morning of January 6, 2021. “The conversation was tense”said Ivanka Trump, daughter of the former president, who was in the Oval Office at the time of the call.
Other former advisers to Donald Trump have reported that the president has addressed several insults to Mike Pence. After months of silence, itThe latter recorded the break with Donald Trump during a speech in Florida in February. “President Trump said I had the right to reverse the election, but President Trump is wrong”he said then.