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April 6, 2023

Pence Won't Appeal Order to Testify to Federal Grand Jury over Jan. 6 Insurrection
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Mike Pence said he will not appeal a federal district court's ruling
requiring him to testify before a grand jury investigating the January 6
U.S. Capitol insurrection. Donald Trump's legal team could still try to
appeal the decision. This comes after a D.C. appeals court rejected an
emergency request by Trump to block former aides from testifying before
the grand jury, citing executive privilege. Those officials include
former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, former White House adviser Stephen
Miller, and Ken Cuccinelli, who was Trump's acting deputy secretary of
homeland security.

This all comes as Trump faces an April 25 court date in New York, where
a civil suit brought by author E. Jean Carroll alleges Trump raped her
in a dressing room at a department store in the mid-1990s.


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