Filing in Trump case details remarkable schism with Pence over rejecting 2020 election loss
Mike Pence is no longer standing beside Donald Trump, and has refused to endorse the Republican nominee’s bid to return to the White House. This schism started days before rioters roamed the halls of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, threatening to “hang Mike Pence." Trump told his vice president that people are going to “hate your guts” if he failed to stop the 2020 election certification. The exchanges between both men are detailed in special counsel Jack Smith’s court filing this week. They show the extraordinary lengths Trump went to overturn the 2020 election, even as he lays the groundwork to challenge this one, if he loses.