John Lauro, one of former President Trump’s defense attorneys in a case involving attempts to overturn the 2020 election, said Trump “asked” former Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the election results in an “aspirational” way, giving a glimpse into possible defenses by his team. The press should be defending free speech,” Lauro told CNN’s Dana Bash. He’s asking his vice president, ‘What about taking this course of action?’ Ultimately, his vice president rejected all of the proposals that were made,” Lauro later added. “What President Trump did not do is direct Vice President Pence to do anything. At one point, as noted in the indictment, Trump told Pence that he was “too honest” when Pence told Trump that he did not believe it was within his authority to reject the counting of votes.

Source: CNN August 06, 2023 15:15 UTC