• Possibly linux@lemmy.zipOP
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    7 days ago

    He didn’t try to take over on Jan 6. He made some dumb remarks that a group took as attack the capital.

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      7 days ago

      https://www.factcheck.org/2023/08/what-trump-asked-of-pence/

      “I think it’s important that the American people know what happened in the days before January 6,” Pence said. “President Trump demanded that I use my authority as vice president presiding over the count of the Electoral College to essentially overturn the election by returning or literally rejecting votes. I had no authority to do that.”

      For those who might doubt him, Pence urged them to “read the indictment.”

      Pence is featured prominently throughout the 45-page indictment, but there are seven and a half pages that specifically deal with “The Defendant’s [Trump’s] Attempts to Enlist the Vice President to Fraudulently Alter the Election Results at the January 6 Certification Proceeding.”