A hearing was held in a Washington, D.C. federal court Thursday to consider arguments about whether former VP Pence must testify before a federal grand jury about his dealings with then-President Trump around Jan. 6.
Lawyers for Trump argue Pence can't testify about their dealings surrounding the riot at the U.S. Capitol because of executive privilege. Pence has argued he's
because of legal protections for lawmakers, because he was acting as president of the Senate during the Jan. 6 Electoral College vote count rather than as a member of the executive branch.Corcoran has separately been fighting Smith's attempts to force him to testify about his own dealings with Trump in the documents case.” exception, which would let prosecutors sidestep protections afforded to Trump through attorney-client privilege.
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