Maggie Haberman is not queen of the world but she needs to sell her book, so now we know that the Secret Service was warned that Trump might turn on Pence. x Short's warning specified that Trump might turn on Pence "and there could be a security risk to Mr. Pence because of it," per the NYT. The warning was the only time that Short flagged a security concern during his time as Pence's top aide, the Times notes. Trump believed and repeatedly pressured Pence to reject certain outcomes and declare Trump the winner of the election as Congress certified the votes. "Frankly there is almost no idea more un-American than the notion that any one person could choose the American President," Pence said in February.

Source: New York Times June 03, 2022 21:48 UTC