Pence testifies before grand jury investigating Jan. 6
The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell
Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW
4.5 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2023
⏱️ 43 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | now it is time for the last word with Ali Vellci in for Lawrence good evening Ali. |
| 0:04.1 | I you know I was going to say you said I'm going to see you again tomorrow which made me realize |
| 0:07.5 | it's Thursday which is kind of hard to believe given this week that it's like I was like what |
| 0:12.4 | do you mean you're going to see us tomorrow right we're going to see you next week yeah it's only |
| 0:15.6 | Thursday you have a good night and we will see you tomorrow thanks everybody. Well breaking |
| 0:20.3 | news life comes out you fast and so does Jack Smith subpoena if you're Mike Pence we reported |
| 0:25.4 | last night at the top of the show the Donald Trump lost his bid to stop Mike Pence from testifying |
| 0:29.8 | and today special prosecutor Jack Smith had vice president Mike Pence before a federal grand |
| 0:35.1 | jury investigating Donald Trump and his role in January 6th that was fast. Pence testified for more |
| 0:41.6 | than five hours political reports Pence's closed-door appearance marks an extraordinary |
| 0:46.8 | flashpoint in special counsel Jack Smith's probe Pence's appearance was accompanied by a frenzy |
| 0:52.0 | of security activity at the federal courthouse in Washington DC where US marshals and other security |
| 0:57.6 | personnel conducted sweeps of the building before Pence was whisked inside without being spotted |
| 1:03.9 | by cameras at the courthouses main entrances. Age to the former vice president did not comment on |
| 1:09.2 | the appeals courts decision or Pence's appearance but have previously indicated Pence would follow |
| 1:15.3 | the orders of the court. Here's how Mike Pence described his final days with Donald Trump in |
| 1:19.9 | an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal quote on January 5th I got an urgent call that the president |
| 1:25.6 | was asking to see me in the Oval Office. The president's lawyers including John Eastman were now |
| 1:30.4 | requesting that I simply reject the electors. I later learned that Mr. Eastman had conceded to my |
| 1:36.8 | general counsel that rejecting electoral votes was a bad idea and any attempt to do so would be |
| 1:42.8 | quickly overturned by a unanimous Supreme Court. This guy didn't even believe what he was telling |
| 1:48.6 | the president. Right before going to bed I saw that the Trump campaign had issued a statement |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.

