Former Vice President Mike Pence vowed Wednesday to resist special counsel Jack Smith's decision to subpoena his testimony in an investigation into Donald Trump’s efforts to subvert the 2020 election, calling the move 'unprecedented and unconstitutional.'
Former Vice President Mike Pence agreed to let the FBI search his Indiana residence for classified documents.in an investigation into Donald Trump’s efforts to subvert the 2020 election, calling the move “unprecedented and unconstitutional.”
“We'll stand on that principle, and we'll take that case as far as it needs to go — if need be to the Supreme Court of the United States,” Pence said at an event in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. “Because to me, it's an issue of the separation of powers. “Pence argued he is shielded by the Constitution’s “speech or debate clause,” which protects members of Congress from law enforcement scrutiny over their speech and debate in the chamber.
It’s not clear whether Pence’s legal argument will be persuasive. That clause of the Constitution has typically been applied directly to members of Congress or their staffers.Pence said he’s aware that Trump will bring a claim of executive privilege, calling that “his fight.” “My fight is on the principle of separation of powers in the Constitution of the United States,” he said.
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