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Tag: Pence, Mike
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What the Jan. 6 Hearings Have Revealed So Far
The House committee investigating the Capitol riot is laying out the extent of former President Donald Trump’s attempts to remain in power after the 2020 election.
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Trump, Told It Was Illegal, Still Pressured Pence to Overturn His Loss
In its third public hearing to lay out its findings, the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack showed evidence that the president knew his order to the vice president was unlawful.
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Jan. 6 Was More Harrowing Than Mike Pence Ever Imagined
An angry mob chanting “hang Mike Pence” came within 40 feet of the vice president. He spent nearly five hours in an underground loading dock. The president called him a “wimp” and worse.
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‘So the Traitors Know the Stakes’: The Meaning of the Jan. 6 Gallows
Little is known about how a gallows came to be built near the Capitol, but the motif has become a favorite among right-wing extremists and white supremacists.