Even
Eastman, who helped devise the scheme and pitched it to Trump, admitted
in front of Trump that the plan would require Pence to violate federal
law, according to a clip of a deposition from Jacob, Pence's senior
legal adviser, which was played at Thursday's hearing.
Legal
scholars from across the political spectrum agree that Eastman's plan
was preposterous. Luttig, the former federal judge who advised Pence
during the transition, testified at Thursday's hearing that he "would
have laid my body across the road" before letting Pence illegally
overturn the election.
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https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/16/politics/january-6-hearing-day-3-takeaways/index.html
The point that Pence hasn't spoken to Trump in over a year since Trump threatened Pence's life on January 6th 2021 from his behavior says it all.
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