Pence won’t fight order to testify before special counsel grand jury

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

MS NOW, Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 6 April 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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The panel is looking into former President Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election. This a new legal threat after the former president’s arraignment in Manhattan yesterday. Yamiche Alcindor, Joyce Vance, Anthony Scaramucci, Jim Rutenberg, Anthony Scaramucci, Bob Torricelli, Matthew Dowd, and Michael McFaul join.

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0:00.0	Tonight, key developments and the DOJ's investigation into the former president.
0:06.9	Mike Pence will no longer fight his subpoena, what his testimony could mean for Jack Smith.
0:12.6	Then, the list of high-profile witnesses in Dominion's Fox News lawsuit may get longer,
0:18.7	as Robert Murdock could be forced to testify.
0:21.8	And students across the country walked out today, demanding more to stop gun violence.
0:27.0	Some say they don't want a living fear in their sport.
0:30.1	As the 11th hour gets underway on this Wednesday night.
0:38.6	Good evening once again, I'm Stephanie Ruhl.
0:41.3	There is a brand new legal threat for Donald J. Trump, and it comes about 24 hours after
0:46.5	his arrest on felony charges here in New York.
0:49.5	Former Vice President Mike Pence will not fight a judge's order to testify before our
0:54.4	special counsel, Jack Smith, and his grand jury.
0:57.4	That panel is looking into the former president's attempt to overturn the 2020 election.
1:03.0	Just a few months ago, Pence said this about resisting the special counsel, subpoena.
1:07.9	I'm going to fight the Biden DOJ's subpoena to appear before the grand jury.
1:13.7	The idea of subpoenaing a former Vice President to testify in court against the president
1:21.5	with whom they served, I believe, is unprecedented.
1:24.4	I believe it's also unconstitutional.
1:27.4	Well, this is all unprecedented.
1:29.2	Meanwhile, fresh off his arraignment in New York, the former president is doing the one
1:34.3	thing we have seen him do consistently.
1:37.1	Attack, attack, attack.
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