Mary McCord: If we zero in on Donald Trump’s conduct toward Mike Pence ahead of January 6, it looks a lot like Trump solicited a crime of violence against his own vice president. (via Deadline: Legal Blog)
: “The Vice President has the power to reject fraudulently chosen electors.” Later that day, according to Pence’s book, Trump called the vice president to his office, where they met alone. Pence recounted in his book that he told Trump he did not believe that the Constitution or law gave him the authority to interfere in the counting of the Electoral College ballots.
Later that morning, Trump and Pence had what House Jan. 6 committee witnesses described as a “heated” phone call, during which observers of Trump’s end of the call heard him refer to Pence as a “wimp” and a “pussy.”As Trump had urged in December, thousands of his supporters came to Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6. While addressing rallygoers at the Ellipse, some of whom, Trump continued to turn up the heat on his vice president: “I hope Mike is going to do the right thing.
As all of this was happening, and while he was watching live coverage of the attack, Trump tweeted that Pence “didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our country and our Constitution.” Attackers had erected a gallows near the Capitol and were shouting “Hang Mike Pence!” According to testimony before the Jan.
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