Special Counsel Asks Judge to Compel Pence Testimony in Trump Criminal Probe, Report Says
— which he held by virtue of being vice president of the United States — means he is covered by the Constitution's"speech or debate" clause, which can protect legislative branch members from legal threats related to their work., telling a federal appeals court that the Justice Department has no authority to search the congressman's cell phone as part of the agency's probe of Trump.
Biden's attorney general, Merrick Garland, appointed Smith as special counsel in November, in response to Trump's announcement that he is running for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024. At the end of his first term in office on Jan. 6, 2021, Trump urged Pence to help challenge the election results by rejecting key Electoral College votes for Biden.
After Pence refused, a violent mob of Trump's supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, sending the vice president and congressional lawmakers into hiding.
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