VP Mike Pence explains his actions before and during January 6th

Two years after January 6th Capitol attack, former Vice President Mike Pence sits down with Margaret Hoover to discuss the events of that day, why he chose to defy Donald Trump, and what it all means for his political future.

Pence, whose recent memoir, “So Help Me God,” details his decades in politics, reflects on his role as Trump’s vice president. He acknowledges some differences with Trump, but he defends most of the administration’s record.

Pence explains why he publicly supported Trump’s legal challenges to the 2020 election and supported investigations into what he says were election “irregularities,” even as he says he privately encouraged the president to accept defeat.

The former vice president also talks about the prospect of Trump being indicted, the fallout from the Biden administration’s Afghanistan withdrawal, and how he will decide whether to run for the presidency himself in 2024.

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