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. but president trump now saw vice president pence as the man who could keep him in the white house for four more years . on december 23rd, president trump retweeted a memo from an individual named ivan raichlen, entitled, operation pence card. they called the vice president to refuse electoral college votes from certain states that it certified joe biden as the winner what he had been pressuring him behind the scenes. so now, he is going public. he is trying to get public pressure on mike pence. the january 6 committee interviews with white house attorneys made it clear that pat cipollone, eric herschmann, and many others were appalled.