good evening, lawrence. good evening, alice. it s subpoena night here at msnbc. with mike pence making little history. could be the first vice president ever. we should never lose sight of the fact that the vice president is getting a subpoena to talk about the actions on the part of his own president as it relates to potentially fomenting an insurrection at the capitol to undermine democracy. the gravity should not be lost on us. yet another unique entry in the mike pence position and in vice presidential history. once again. a long history at this point, lawrence. thank you, alex. the breaking news of the, night if you just heard, is that mike pence has made history once again. this time as the first former vice president in history to receive a subpoena from a prosecutor investigating possible crimes committed by the president who the vice president served. special counsel jack smith has subpoenaed mike pence to give under oath grand jury testimony. washington po
presidential history. once again. it s looking like a long history at this point, lawrence. the breaking news tonight, as you just heard, is that mike pence has made history once again. this time as the first former vice president in history to receive a subpoena from a prosecutor investigating possible crimes committed by the president who the vice president served. special counsel jack smith has subpoenaed mike pence to give under oath grand jury testimony. the washington post reports tonight, the pence subpoena is related to the january 6th, according to the person familiar with the matter, and comes after months of negotiations between the justice department, mike pence testifies to that grand jury as he most definitely will be forced to do, no matter how many legal objections he raises along the way. it will be the very first time that mike pence has told his story leading up to and on january 6th under oath. first, mike pence, or a member of his staff, was the secre
the president who the vice president served. special counsel jack smith has subpoenaed mike pence to give under oath grand jury testimony. washington post reports, the pencil peña is relayed to january six, according to the person familiar with the matter, and comes after months of negotiations between the justice department, mike pence testifies to that grand jury as he most definitely will be forced to do, no matter how many legal objections he races along the way. it will be the very first time that mike pence has told his story leading up to and on january 6th under oath. first, mike pence, or a member of his staff, was the secret source for bob woodward and robert costa s book, peril. according to the woodward and costa s book, on the night of
story leading up to and on january 6th under oath. first, mike pence, or a member of his staff, was the secret source for bob woodward and robert costa s book, peril. according to the woodward and costa s book, on the night of january 5th, the night before the insurrection at the capitol, donald trump told mike pence that the vice president could and should reject the electoral college vote the next day. that is all i want you to do, mike, trump said. let the house decide the election. what do you think, mike, trump asked. pence returned to his mantra, he did not have the authority to do anything other than count the electoral votes. well, what if these people say you do? trump asked, gesturing beyond the white house to the crowds outside. raucous shearing and blasting bullhorns could be heard from
politics with the activist base juice, and you will see is, it won t be ten if it were to happen again next time around, you ll see those numbers shrink, people willing to stand up and take on, you know, defend the constitution over what their party is doing for political purposes. got a quick question, i know that i was probably preparing for our coverage of certifying the election, but do you remember what you were doing on the night of january 5th, david? yeah, i mean, the night of january 5th on this night a year ago, we were covering the georgia runoff races. remember, we had those two georgia senate races and we were in full election coverage. and i just went back and looked on the morning of the 6th, one of the things i was doing on tv that morning was going through that electoral count act and explaining exactly how things were expected to unfold in the ceremony on the 6th of january. of course nothing unfolded the