On CNN's "State of the Union" former Vice President Mike Pence was asked whether Donald Trump asked him to overturn the 2020 election and this was part of his answer:
The presidency belongs to the American people, and the American people alone. But, look, in the days before, the president was talking about us rejecting votes. Then, late in the process, his lawyers suggested that we return votes to the states.
But, frankly, the day before January 6, if memory serves, they came back, his lawyers did, and said, we want you to reject votes outright. This -- they were asking me to overturn the election. I had no right to overturn the election. I know we did our duty that day, and I couldn't be more encouraged, whether it's here in New Hampshire, in Iowa or all across the country, how many people come up to me and express their appreciation for the stand that we took.
Last December, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported:
According to the committee, Trump spoke to Mastriano on Jan. 5, then told the White House operator that Mastriano would be “calling in for the Vice President.”
It’s unclear if that call happened. Mastriano did send two emails on behalf of Trump the night of Jan. 5. One was signed by state legislators from across the country and asked Pence to delay ratifying the election for 12 days.
We wrote about this earlier this year and still Pennsylvania State Senator Doug Mastriano has yet to explain (or even mention, as far as I know) his phone call to the White House on January 5 - the day before January 6.
In the middle of Trump's pressure campaign to get Pence to overturn the election, Doug calls the White House, talks to Trump for a few minutes and then Trump tells the then VP's office for them to expect a call from Doug.
What did Doug Mastriano say to Donald Trump the day before Trump's mob stormed The Capitol?
Did Doug talk to Mike Pence that night? What did they talk about?
Questions still unanswered.
