Former Vice President Mike Pence could be subpoenaed to appear before the commission of inquiry into the assault on the Capitol, said Sunday June 19 one of its members, the elected Democrat Adam Schiff, before new public hearings scheduled for next week.
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Thursday, this parliamentary committee had detailed, during a hearing broadcast live on television, the numerous pressures exerted by former President Donald Trump on his Vice President Mike Pence to try to prevent him from certifying the victory of Joe Biden for president, January 6, 2021. “
There are still some key people that we have not yet interviewed, and that we would like to interview
,” Adam Schiff said on CNN on Sunday.
Asked about the possibility of a Mike Pence subpoena, he said: "
It's definitely a possibility
."
“
We are not excluding anything or anyone at the moment
,” he added, while specifying that we could not “
reveal what private conversations (were) or were not taking place regarding certain individuals
”.
“He was a hero”
On January 6, the procedure for certification of the results of the presidential election before Congress was in principle only to be a mere formality.
But President Trump had tried to force his right arm to block the process.
Mike Pence had finally published a letter in which he claimed not to have the powers.
At the same time, pro-Trump protesters began to crowd around Congress -- images that circulated around the world.
"
That day, he was a hero to resist all the pressure campaigns
," judged Sunday on NBC Jamie Raskin, elected Democrat of the House of Representatives and member of the commission of inquiry.
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The next public hearings of this commission are to take place on Tuesday and Thursday in the middle of the day.
On Tuesday, this new session will focus in particular on the pressure exerted on local elected officials in certain states, notably in Georgia, during the counting of votes.
Nearly 6 in 10 Americans (58%) think Donald Trump should be prosecuted for his role in the Jan. 6 attack, according to an ABC News/Ipsos poll released Sunday.
This figure is up from 52% of Americans declaring it in April, before the start of the hearings of the commission of inquiry.
But only 9% of Americans say they follow these hearings closely, according to the same poll.