Breaking ABC: Mike Pence has been subpoenaed by the special counsel overseeing Trump probes. https://t.co/P5Hr5A55sW
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 9, 2023
Don't assume the Special Counsel's subpoena means Pence is ready to litigate. His team may have insisted on the cover of a subpoena as they continue to toe the line between fidelity to the rule of law and subservience to the rule of Trump.https://t.co/aeB4lxKCtQ
— Lisa Rubin (@lawofruby) February 9, 2023
… It’s not immediately clear what information the subpoena from special counsel Jack Smith is seeking, but it follows months of negotiations between federal prosecutors and Pence’s legal team.
Smith was appointed in November to oversee the investigation into Trump’s potential mishandling of classified documents after leaving the presidency and obstructing the government’s efforts to retrieve them — as well as a separate probe into efforts by Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
The move will be seen as a major escalation of Smith’s probe into efforts by Trump and his allies to overturn the election, and suggests that Smith’s investigation has entered a more advanced stage…
Marcy Wheeler wrote about this possibility, back in November:
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