“As Donald Trump and his allies squeezed then-Vice President Mike Pence to single-handedly stop Joe Biden’s presidency in the weeks ahead of Jan. 6, they used one particular tool that’s been largely ignored ever since,” Politico reports.
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) sued Pence on Dec. 27, just as Trump was ratcheting up his pressure campaign against his vice president… Gohmert’s move forced Pence to publicly resist Trump’s subversion of the election, only a week before the fateful Jan. 6 joint session of Congress. When the Justice Department stepped in to defend Pence from the lawsuit on Dec. 29, it marked the first time Pence signaled he wouldn’t fold to Trump’s demands.”
“But what remains unknown is just how involved Trump was in Gohmert’s legal strategy.”
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