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Mike Pence is a central figure in his former boss's indictment

By JILL COLVIN
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Mike Pence fought
the Department of Justice in court to
try to avoid testifying against his former
boss. But the former vice president
plays a central role in a new federal
indictment unsealed Tuesday that out-
lines the first criminal charges against
Donald Trump connected to his efforts
to overturn the 2020 election.
The 45-page indictment is informed, in
part, by contemporaneous notes that
Pence kept of their conversations in
the days leading up to the Jan. 6 at-
tack on the U.S. Capitol, as Trump tried
to pressure Pence to go along with his
desperate — and prosecutors say ille-
gal — scheme to keep the two men in
power.
Among the discussions: An episode
in which Trump is alleged to have
told Pence that he was "too honest"
for rejecting Trump's false claims that
Pence had the power to overturn the
vote. "Bottom line - won every state by
100,000s of votes," Trump said in an-
other conversation, according to the Republican presidential candidate and former Vice President Mike Pence prays before lunch during a stop at the
indictment. Indiana State Fair, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023, in Indianapolis.
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