According to testimony the January 6 committee played at a hearing, Donald Trump was advised before the January 6 riot that a plan for Vice President Mike Pence to block the certification of the 2020 presidential election results was unconstitutional.
The White House will be open on March 26, 2020. The photo was taken by Jim Watkins.
In a deposition, Short said that Pence told Trump he didn't have the power to stop Congress from certifying the election results.
The president was warned by a right-wing legal scholar that he would be in violation of the Electoral Count Act if he interfered in the certification.
Trump told a crowd of supporters that if he didn't block the certification, he would be very disappointed in him.
The chairman of the January 6 committee said that they were fortunate for Mr. Pence's courage on January 6. Our democracy withstood Donald Trump's scheme thanks to Mike Pence.
The hearing focuses on Trump's "relentless effort" to get Pence to overturn Biden's victory in the election. The first and second hearings focused on the actions of rioters storming the Capitol, while the third was about Trump ignoring his advisors.
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