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The
Justice Department has been interviewing former White House
officials, including the former chief of staff to former Vice
President Mike Pence, who confirmed on Monday that he had
testified to a federal grand jury investigating the Jan. 6,
2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and efforts by Trump and his
allies to overturn his defeat.
Prosecutors questioning witnesses before the grand jury have
asked about conversations with Trump and his lawyers and others
close to him, the Post reported, citing two people familiar with
the matter.
The testimony of Pence's former Pence chief of staff, Marc
Short, the most high-profile official known to have appeared
before the grand jury, is a sign the Justice Department's
investigation of the attack on the Capitol and the fake elector
plot is heating up.
Justice Department investigators in April also received phone
records of important officials such as Trump's former chief of
staff Mark Meadows, the Washington Post said.
The Justice Department could not be immediately reached for
comment.
A spokeswoman for Trump did not reply to a request for comment
from Reuters. Trump has denied wrongdoing.
In an interview with CNN earlier this year, Deputy Attorney
General Lisa Monaco confirmed the Justice Department had
received referrals about slates of alternative fake electors
that were sent to the National Archives, and said prosecutors
were reviewing them.
The fake elector plot has featured prominently in multiple
hearings of the Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives
committee probing the attack on the Capitol.
(Reporting by Costas Pitas in Los Angeles; Editing by Scott
Malone and Leslie Adler)
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