Questions to Mike Pence,Exploring the Journalist’s Intriguing
Question to Mike Spence:
you claim that the criminal process is distinct. Consider yourself a member of the jury for a time. Would you agree, if you were on the jury, that the defendant, the former president, committed a crime that day?Do you believe it rises to the level of a crime
Honestly, i don’t know the full case that the government has. I’ve remarked several times on your network that I’m not sure if accepting terrible counsel from lawyers is a felony. I’d leave that legal process alone. Frankly, the profound issues about the first amendment to the courts to sort that out.I believe it is critical that the American people understand what occurred in the days preceding January 6. President trump demanded that i use my authority as vice president presiding over the electoral college to essentially overturn the election by returning or literally rejecting votes.I had no authority to do that. Frankly, it seems that some of the argument i hear coming from his lawyers is something of a concession that he may have gotten bad advice. That he was simply following the advise of his attorneys. I know I made the proper decision that day. I’ll always stand by it. It was a tragic day. Again, by god’s grace, with my family at my side, with my key advisers at our side and with the courageous work of law enforcement, we quelled the violence, reconvened the congress and completed our work. The only job the constitution gives the vice president of the united states in that role is to preside over a joint session of congress where the electoral college votes that are certified by the states are opened and counted. The constitution, says that they shall be opened and they shall be counted. The electoral couldn’t act adopted more than 150 years ago also specifies the amount of time and the procedure. I was going to make sure that we heard any objections and we heard any evidence that people wanted to bring forward. But the idea that i as vice president had the unilateral authority to overturn the election had no basis in the constitution, no basis in history. I want the american people to know
