Not long ago, we reported on the news that Donald Trump’s former Vice President Mike Pence said during an interview that he would “consider” giving his own testimony before the January 6th House Select Committee as part of their investigation into not only the violent, deadly Capitol attack that put Pence’s life, specifically, in danger, but also more pointedly his former boss’ role in inciting that deadly violence.
However, the Republicans have officially reclaimed the House, albeit by a razor-thin margin, and Pence is back peddling as hard as he can.
The former Vice President sat for a new interview this week, in which he confirmed that he would openly refuse to sit for any form of interview or testimony with the January 6th House Select Committee as the panel faces its demise under a Republican-controlled House.
Ultimately, Mike Pence declared, “Congress has no right to my testimony.”
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But Congress begs to differ.
Rep. Adam Kinzinger, one of only two Republican House Reps serving as an investigator on the January 6th House Select Committee, sat for an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on the heels of Mike Pence’s interview with CBS News’ Margaret Brennan and made it crystal clear to anyone who still doesn’t understand how this works — Congress is absolutely entitled to the former vice president’s testimony should they need it, and Pence is absolutely obligated to give it to them.
Blitzer asked Kinzinger for his reaction to Mike Pence’s remarks during yesterday’s interview, and the House investigator effectively put the former VP on notice without hesitation.
“So Pence today now is trying to re-win over the Trump people and then he’ll say something that likes makes the Trump people and then he wins them back over again,” Kinzinger responded.
“First up, we do have a right to your testimony if we need it,” the J6 House investigator fired. “Secondly, you violated the separation of powers when your boss sent a rampaging group of people to destroy the Capitol.”
Kinzinger went on to suggest, “So let’s just stop that. We’re probably not going to talk to him, that’s fine, but to say we don’t have a right is completely unacceptable. He’s going to try to both-sides everything.”
Watch the CNN interview here:
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