November 20 – Former Vice Pres. Mike Pence

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🗓️ 20 November 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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In a wide-ranging interview with Meet the Press, former Vice President Mike Pence addresses his break away from former President Donald Trump after the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol, his thoughts on Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice, the reversal of Roe v. Wade, the Biden administration’s Covid response and more. Peter Baker, Brendan Buck, Kimberly Atkins Stohr and Anna Palmer join the Meet the Press roundtable.

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0:00.0	This Sunday, my interview with former Vice President Mike Pence.
0:05.7	For me, the fuse was lit in mid-Nove.
0:08.2	His inside account of January 6th and how he broke with Donald Trump.
0:11.9	All I know is that what the president asked me to do, I would have violated my left to the Constitution.
0:17.5	What he thinks should happen now, that Trump is running for office again?
0:21.0	I think a crime was committed.
0:22.6	I don't know if it is criminal to listen to bad advice from lawyers.
0:29.9	His thoughts on the midterms.
0:31.3	We had some surprising and disappointing results.
0:33.9	And who he blames for Trump's election denial.
0:36.4	I was disappointed in Mark Meadows's
0:38.0	performance as chief staff. Plus his criticism of Attorney General Merrick Garland for approving
0:42.9	the FBI's search of Trump's Florida home. I have great concerns about his judgment
0:47.4	and leadership of the Justice Department. And his belief that the Supreme Court's decision
0:52.4	overturning Roe v. Way was the single most important
0:55.6	achievement of the Trump administration. I celebrate that from really the depths of my heart.
1:01.6	The former vice president opens up as he considers his own run for the White House.
1:06.1	Joining me for Insight and Analysis are New York Times Chief White House correspondent Peter Baker,
1:11.5	Republican strategist Brendan Buck, Kimberly Atkins Storr, senior opinion writer for the Boston Globe,
1:17.7	and Anna Palmer, co-founder of Punch Bowl News.
1:20.7	Welcome to Sunday.
1:22.4	It's Meet the Press.
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