Rep. Adam Schiff says he was 'encouraged to hear' that Mike Pence might testify before January 6 committee

The congressman said he was encouraged that the former vice president might testify.

Insider reported last week that he would consider testifying if invited.

"I was encouraged to hear it, and I hope it meant something," he said. The vice president's counsel has been in discussions with us about having him come before us.

The committee could work out any executive privilege or separation of powers issues with the former vice president, according to the congressman.

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In the months before the riot, Pence refused to overturn the election results. The former vice president's life was in danger during the riot, according to previous testimonies.

Cassidy Hutchinson is an aide to former chief of staff MarkMeadows.

The vice president can come before Congress if he chooses to. Given the seriousness of the issues we're addressing here, I would hope that he would be willing to come in.

He said that he could tell you a lot about what it was like to be the subject of those efforts to get him to violate his constitutional duty and arrogate to himself the power to decide who won or who lost the election.