Jack Smith Gets Mike Pence To Spill The Goods On Trump

It turns out that behind closed doors, Mike Pence had quite a bit of detail to add to the case against Trump.

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Mike Pence Drops A Dime On Trump

According to ABC News, Mike Pence repeated his public comments about 1/6 to Special Counsel Jack Smith, but added more details behind closed doors:

Trump was privately pressing Pence to reject certain votes at the Jan. 6 proceedings and block certification of the election -- and Trump even suggested to Pence that perhaps he should skip the session altogether, Pence allegedly told Smith's team. But, according to sources, Pence told investigators that he "clearly and repeatedly" emphasized to Trump that rejecting certain votes would violate the Constitution.

"I told him I thought there was no idea more un-American than the idea that any one person could decide what electoral votes to count," Pence allegedly told Smith's team, echoing what he has said before in his book and other public forums. "I ma…