“President Trump is wrong,” Pence said in February 2022 remarks to the conservative Federalist Society that the committee replayed Thursday. The committee also showed an email from Eastman to Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani in which Eastman asked for a presidential pardon. In a late afternoon call on Jan. 5 with Trump, Pence, Short and Jacob, Eastman said that he understood Pence would not reject legitimate electors. The campaign statement said the president and vice president were in agreement that Pence had the power to act. Drafts of the speech did not mention the vice president, but Trump added in lines and ad-libbed more, Aguilar said.

Source: Washington Post June 18, 2022 00:46 UTC