Former United State vice-president Mike Pence has appeared before a grand jury to give evidence about former president Donald Trump's role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election, a source familiar with the matter has told Reuters.
Former United State vice-president Mike Pence has appeared before a grand jury to give evidence about former president Donald Trump's role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday, local time.Earlier this week, Donald Trump lost an appeal to block Mr Pence from testifying
Mr Pence was inside the US District Court in Washington for more than seven hours, ABC News and NBC News reported earlier.The former vice-president's appearance before the grand jury comes as he is exploring a possible challenge to Mr Trump for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024. Mr Trump — who announced late last year his bid for the White House for 2024 — was recently indicted in a separate probe in New York over alleged hush money payments.
Earlier this month, Mr Pence disclosed that he would not appeal a judge's ruling that required him to testify to the federal grand jury about conversations he had with Mr Trump leading up to the deadly attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
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