separated it out, who had broken away from george iii and declared him to be a tyrant, there was no way that they would have put in the hands of one person the authority to determine who was going to be president of the united states. jake tapper: but president trump now saw vice president pence as the man who could keep him in the white house for four more years. pete aguiler: on december 23rd, president trump retweeted a memo from an individual named ivan raiklin entitled operation pence card. that called on the vice president to refuse the electoral college votes from certain states that had certified joe biden as the winner. evan perez: he had been pressuring him behind the scenes. so now he's going public. he's trying to get public pressure on mike pence. jake tapper: the january 6 committee's interviews with white house attorneys made it clear that pat cipollone,