What About Pence?

Article II: Inside Impeachment

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🗓️ 8 November 2019

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

As President Trump’s second-in-command, Vice President Mike Pence could become a key figure in the impeachment inquiry. The first staffer from his office, special advisor Jennifer Williams, testified before Congress on Thursday. Pence has spoken with the Ukranian president Volodymyr Zelensky over the phone multiple times and met with him in early September. But Pence continues to avoid specific questions about his knowledge of events surrounding the hold up of aid to Ukraine. NBC Political Reporter Vaughn Hillyard walks through what we know about Pence's involvement in the events at the center of the impeachment inquiry. Questions about this stage in the impeachment inquiry? Email us at [email protected]. For a transcript, please visit https://www.nbcnews.com/articletwo.

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0:00.0	From NBC News, this is Article 2, Inside Impeachment.
0:09.3	I'm Steve Kornaki.
0:10.3	Today is Friday, November 8th, and here's what's happening.
0:13.0	We have made America great again, and to keep America great,
0:19.0	we're going to re-elect President Donald Trump for four more years.
0:25.0	Vice President Mike Pence was in New Hampshire on Thursday to add President Trump to the state's primary ballot.
0:33.0	For this small town boy from southern Indiana, it's a very humbling day for me.
0:36.0	But he couldn't escape the news from 500 miles away.
0:40.0	Welcome to the Granite State.
0:41.0	Thank you, John.
0:42.0	Turning back to Washington, was there any role that you had in the discussions with Salinsky?
0:48.0	Hence, was immediately asked about his role in the Ukraine scandal.
0:52.0	Or do you feel that the President's call is perfect,
0:54.0	as he has said many times?
0:55.0	You know, the American people have the transcript
0:58.0	of the President's call,
0:59.0	and they can see there was no quid pro quo,
1:02.0	and the President did nothing wrong.
1:03.6	Meanwhile today defiance on Capitol Hill Jennifer Williams is testifying against
1:09.5	White House orders.
1:10.5	Jennifer Williams is the special advisor for Europe and Russia for Pence.
1:15.0	She was on that July 25th phone call between Trump and Ukrainian President Zelinsky.
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