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Mike Pence Rebuffs J6 Committee: ‘Congress Has No Right to My Testimony’
PJ Media ^ | 11/17/2022 | Matt Margolis

Posted on 11/17/2022 7:40:11 AM PST by SeekAndFind

Former Vice President Mike Pence won’t testify before the J6 Committee. He declared that Congress “has no right” to his testimony, despite previously indicating he would consider appearing before the committee.

“I am closing the door on that,” Pence told Face the Nation host Margaret Brennan about testifying before the panel.

“But I must say again, the partisan nature of the January 6 committee has been a disappointment to me,” Pence explained. “It seemed to me in the beginning, there was an opportunity to examine every aspect of what happened on January 6, and to do so more in the spirit of the 9/11 Commission, nonpartisan, nonpolitical, and that was an opportunity lost.”

The J6 Committee broke precedent by being entirely picked by Nancy Pelosi.

“I never stood in the way of senior members of my team cooperating with the committee and testifying,” Pence explained. “But Congress has no right to my testimony. We have a separation of powers under the Constitution of the United States. And I believe it would establish a terrible precedent for the Congress to summon a vice president of the United States to speak about deliberations that took place at the White House.”

The J6 Committee is expected to be dissolved once the GOP majority takes office in January.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: indiana; j6committee; january6; january6th; mikepence; quisling; searchandfind; testimony
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1 posted on 11/17/2022 7:40:11 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Obvious question: why can this slimewad ignore his summons, and it’s apparently OK, but Trump & Co. cannot do the same without being condemned, charged, etc.?


2 posted on 11/17/2022 7:41:50 AM PST by EinNYC
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To: SeekAndFind

Look at the steel spine on Pence. He is sure standing tough, at least until the media criticizes him, then he will fold like the cheap suit he is.


3 posted on 11/17/2022 7:42:09 AM PST by Yogafist (Voting rino is voting for the managed decline of America.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Can’t have it both ways there, Mikey.


4 posted on 11/17/2022 7:43:53 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: SeekAndFind

Oh really mike ?

So what about trump ?

Spit.


5 posted on 11/17/2022 7:44:37 AM PST by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: SeekAndFind
...now that someone else might be running it...

Hey, Mike, is this you?

Pence: ‘I would consider’ testifying

6 posted on 11/17/2022 7:44:38 AM PST by Frank Drebin (And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
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To: SeekAndFind

The same “ Constitution” that you quote, Mr. Pence, is the one you ignored when refusing to bring into question the 2020 election FRAUD....
You can’t have it both ways!


7 posted on 11/17/2022 7:45:45 AM PST by pollywog (" O thou who changest not....ABIDE with me")
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To: EinNYC

Because Dems and RINOs do not fear Pence, only Trump. Pence for the most part is a decent guy, but he is still wearing his Indiana governor’s hat and tries to keep the peace. Unfortunately, we are at war with The Left and Pence is Trump’s Neville Chamberlain.


8 posted on 11/17/2022 7:46:46 AM PST by Kaiser8408a (z)
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To: Yogafist

I imagine a lot of Republicans will suddenly grow a pair and feel comfortable defying Congress now that the GOP controls the House.


10 posted on 11/17/2022 7:47:53 AM PST by daler
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11 posted on 11/17/2022 7:48:29 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: SeekAndFind
It bears keeping in mind, Pence is one of the 388 named defendants in the petition now before the Supreme Court for certiorari by next Wednesday:

https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22-380/243739/20221027152243533_20221027-152110-95757954-00007015.pdf

12 posted on 11/17/2022 7:49:31 AM PST by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Pence is a dunce.

The J6 committee was never bipartisan. It was a partisan hit-job from the very beginning.

The J6 committee should never have happened.


13 posted on 11/17/2022 7:50:27 AM PST by adorno
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To: SeekAndFind

Oh, so Pence just discovered that the J6 committee is partisan. Forget his motives for a moment and focus on his decision making process. It’s taken him how long to think this? He lives in the establishment world. He is establishment. Pence cannot immediately recognize reality. Exactly, how can he make quick decisions as pResident? He can’t. He’s not qualified. Period.


14 posted on 11/17/2022 7:50:37 AM PST by ConservativeInPA ( Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
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To: SeekAndFind

I guess Pence is going to be arrested and sentenced to prison time like Bannon. Poor guy. /s


15 posted on 11/17/2022 7:54:20 AM PST by McCarthysGhost (q)
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To: SeekAndFind

I wish this f-in traitor would disappear. He’s getting a lot of airtime lately.


16 posted on 11/17/2022 7:57:58 AM PST by laweeks
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To: SeekAndFind

Testimony isn’t what the bastards want. They want you to say something they can paint as “PERJURY”. That’s all these “investigations” are all about. It’s better to do what the RATS do. Take the Fifth, standup and get the hell out of that RAThole On the Hill.


17 posted on 11/17/2022 8:03:51 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out. Remember that Snowflakes!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Bust this fake idiot’s door in and nail him with the 6:00am treatment


18 posted on 11/17/2022 8:06:40 AM PST by TheElectionWasStolen
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To: C210N

What are the odds of certiorari?


19 posted on 11/17/2022 8:07:33 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: SeekAndFind
The J6 Committee is expected to be dissolved once the GOP majority takes office in January.

It shouldn't be dissolved, but expanded, and real hearings conducted. They need to get to the bottom of the murder of Ashli Babbitt and grill Ray Epps.

20 posted on 11/17/2022 8:11:40 AM PST by Fiji Hill
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