Mike Pence would consider testifying before January 6 Committee if invited

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🗓️ 18 August 2022

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Former Vice President Mike Pence says he’d “consider” testifying before the January 6 Committee if he was invited to participate, in what he calls an “Unprecedented” move. The panel discusses the likelihood of Pence’s testimony, previous cases of high-ranking officials testifying before Congress, and what might really be behind his statement about cooperating.Liz Cheney says she is "Thinking" about a 2024 presidential run after losing the 2022 Wyoming primary. But, how much of an impact can Cheney have going forward and what happens to the GOP leadership now that her anti-Trump voice is out? Plus, Trump considers releasing the surveillance tape of the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago search, and former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani appears for six-hours in front of the Georgia grand jury investigating 2020 election interference in the state.Hosted by Alisyn Camerota. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Allison Kamerata and this is CNN Tonight.
0:04.4	As we all know, there's real people talk and then there's Washington speak.
0:08.6	So does former Vice President Mike Pence really mean it when he says he's willing to sit
0:12.9	down with the January 6th Committee to tell them what he knows?
0:16.8	It sort of sounded like he meant it when he said this in New Hampshire today.
0:22.8	If there was an invitation to participate, I would consider it.
0:26.3	To be unprecedented in history for a Vice President to be summoned to testify on Capitol Hill.
0:32.4	But as I said, I don't want to pre-judge.
0:34.6	If there's ever any formal invitation rendered to us, we'd give it due consideration.
0:41.4	But wait, there's more.
0:43.2	The chairman of the One Six Committee, Congressman Benny Thompson, said that nearly two months
0:47.5	ago, the panel did invite former Vice President Pence to come in and talk to them.
0:54.6	We would love to have former Vice President Pence's testimony.
0:59.6	We have sought it.
1:01.5	We've talked to his attorneys in the past.
1:05.1	Okay.
1:06.1	And then what about the next part?
1:07.1	Mr. Pence claimed it would be quote, unprecedented for a former Vice President to testify before
1:11.8	Congress.
1:12.8	But former Vice President Gerald Ford did just that in 1974.
1:17.4	And he wasn't only a former Vice President, he was a sitting President when he appeared
1:21.5	voluntarily before a House Judiciary Subcommittee to talk about his pardon of Richard Nixon.
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