“A federal judge’s secret order on Tuesday requiring Mike Pence to testify about aspects of Donald Trump’s bid to subvert the 2020 election was also an unprecedented ruling about the vice presidency itself,” Politico reports.
“It is the first time in U.S. history that a federal judge has concluded that vice presidents — like presidents — are entitled to a form of immunity from prying investigators.”
“But unlike presidents, who draw all their power from the executive branch, vice presidents get their immunity from Congress… That’s because vice presidents — while commonly perceived as mere agents of the president — are constitutionally required to serve as president of the Senate.”
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