- President Donald Trump has not spoken to Vice President Mike Pence since the January 6 disturbances at the United States Capitol building, according an NBC News report.
- NBC News senior correspondent in Washington, Hallie Jackson, reported on Sunday that Trump did not contact Pence on Wednesday night, when the vice president chaired the Electoral College certification process.
- For weeks, Trump pleaded with Pence to overturn the election results, with a public pressure campaign that included extraordinarily high levels of tweeting.
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President Donald Trump has not spoken to Vice President Mike Pence since the January 6 riots in the United States Capitol building, according an NBC News report.
NBC News senior correspondent in Washington, Hallie Jackson, reported on Sunday that Trump did not contact Pence on Wednesday night, when the vice president chaired the Electoral College certification process that was restarted after being interrupted by pro-rioters. Trump who violated the Capitol.
“I was told that not only did the president not contact Vice President Pence on Wednesday night – he hasn’t called him since, according to a source familiar with the matter,” Jackson posted. “It is an extraordinary detail.”
—Hallie Jackson (@HallieJackson) January 10, 2021
Jackson appeared on NBC’s “Meet the Press”, where she said the relationship between the two men “was not good” and noted that after the start of the January 6 riots, Pence was moved to a safe location with his family, who had gone to Capitol to attend certification.
“I think it reflects … how bitter [their relationship] has become, “said Jackson.
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Pence reportedly never left the Capitol building during the riot that left five people dead.
For weeks, Trump pleaded with Pence to annul the election results. Under the constitution, Pence, who serves as president of the Senate in his role as vice president, is required to announce the final count of the Electoral College before a joint session of Congress.
At the beginning of January 7, Congress finally certified the victory of the Electoral College by 306-232 of President-elect Joe Biden.
Jackson detailed the extraordinary pressure that was applied to Pence.
“I was told that as early as December 15 – mid-December, therefore, weeks ago – there were maneuvers behind the scenes to essentially try to get the vice president to do what the president wanted,” she said.
Since the Capitol riots, a bipartisan group of lawmakers has asked Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment and remove Trump from office, but Jackson said he was told the vice president is skeptical of such a move.
“This is what we have heard and reported from people close to him, allies,” she added. “But there is real concern and anger here about how it evolves.”