Mike Pence testifies about Jan. 6 today

The Beat with Ari Melber

Ari Melber, MS NOW

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🗓️ 28 April 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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MSNBC’s Ari Melber hosts “The Beat” on Thursday, April 27, and reports on Mike Pence testifying before the federal grand jury investigating January 6, and Tucker Carlson’s firing from Fox News. Ryan Kelley, John Flannery, David Kelley, and Rob Reiner join. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	We are all watching and going through here on MSNBC this big breaking story today.
0:04.8	The breaking news out of the DOJ, the most senior witness in a Jan 6th probe ever to testify
0:11.5	today.
0:16.4	This is the Breaking News, former Vice President Mike Pence, testifying in Jack Smith's
0:20.8	criminal probe into the January 6th insurrection and related coup plots.
0:24.6	And this occurred today.
0:26.0	And while it began in the morning and I'll go through the timeline with you, we only just
0:29.0	learned about it as a confirmed breaking news story within the last hour.
0:32.4	Why does this matter?
0:33.4	You can imagine several reasons I'm going to walk through the facts with you.
0:36.1	It is first and foremost a major sign of where the probe is at as it accelerates up the
0:41.4	chain of command.
0:42.8	It is also a decisive victory for the aforementioned special counsel appointed by Attorney General
0:47.8	Garland Jack Smith.
0:49.5	Smith putting Pence under oath about January 6th for the first time today as best we know
0:53.8	it.
0:54.8	And that means this special counsel has succeeded where other investigators ran into
0:58.6	delays or outright walls.
1:01.1	We all remember the now completed congressional investigation, the January 6th Committee.
1:06.2	It heard with great effect from Pence's aides under oath and his legal advisor, but never
1:11.0	from the former Vice President himself.
1:13.4	So there is the first big headline here by all public accounts and we will update this
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