At the end of December, Mr. Pence traveled to Vail, Colo., for a family vacation. Some Pence advisers were suspicious that Ms. Powell wanted to serve the vice president with legal papers related to the case. She relayed to him that they would not pursue it if Mr. Trump was uneasy with it. Ms. Powell and a spokesman for Ms. Ward did not respond to emails seeking comment. Mr. Meadows told Mr. Short that the president was withholding approval of a pot of transition funding for Mr. Pence to establish a post-White House office.

Source: New York Times June 03, 2022 23:38 UTC