AP source: Top aide to Pence testifies earlier to 1/6 magnificent jury
WASHINGTON (AP) — The former leader of staff to former Vice President Mike Pence has testified earlier to a confederate magnificent jury investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol, a human being familiar accompanied by the matter said Monday.
Marc Short, a near aide to Pence, was at the Capitol on the day of the siege with every one other accompanied by was accompanied by the vice president while he fled his pole presiding over the Senate with every one other accompanied by hid from rioters who had stormed the building with every one other accompanied by called for his hanging.
Short appeared earlier to the magnificent jury following receiving a subpoena to do so, according to the person, who insisted on anonymity to talk over an ongoing investigation. The appearance was earliest reported by ABC News, which said it took place last week. A spokesperson for the U.S. attorney's office did not straight away return a phone message with every one other accompanied by email seeking remark Monday.
It was not straight away understandable what Short was asked throughout his magnificent jury appearance, nevertheless the Justice Department has been investigating wide-ranging efforts by allies of former President Donald Trump to unfasten the results of the 2020 presidential election, including into and not here of the design of slates of fake electors inside battleground states intended to subvert the ballot count.
Attorney General Merrick Garland told reporters last week that "no human being is above the law" with every one other accompanied by described the investigation into the assault on the Capitol while the most important with every one other accompanied by most sweeping probe inside the Justice Department's history.
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Short has too cooperated inside a separate House committee investigation of the insurrection.
In video testimony played at one of the panel's hearings last month, Short recalled that Pence had communicated to Trump "many times" that he did not concur accompanied by efforts to obtain him to overturn the election results, including by rejecting electors or by simply declaring Trump the winner.
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