"I
was encouraged to hear it and I hope it meant what it sounded
like it meant. We have been in discussion with the (former) vice
president's counsel for some time," U.S. Representative Adam
Schiff, a Democrat, said in an interview with CNN on Sunday.
Pence has said he thinks Trump was wrong to believe the former
vice president had the power to reverse the outcome of the 2020
election, whose results were being certified by Pence and
lawmakers when the Capitol was attacked by supporters of Trump,
a Republican. The attack occurred weeks after false claims by
the former president that he had won the election.
Schiff said on Sunday: "He (Pence) knows of our interest in
having him come before us, and I am confident that if he is
truly willing, that there is a way to work out any executive
privilege or separation of powers issues."
Pence said on Wednesday he would consider testifying before the
committee if asked but added later that he also considered the
Jan. 6 committee to have "a partisan taint."
The panel held eight hearings over six weeks, which wrapped up
in July and featured hours of testimony from close Trump allies
and former White House staff.
The hearings were intended to lay out a case that Trump violated
the law as he tried to stop the peaceful transfer of power from
one president to the next. The panel has said it plans to push
its investigation further in the coming weeks.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in WashingtonEditing by Matthew
Lewis)
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