Pence-world's final takedown of Trump's Jan. 6 bid to remain in power revealed in his lawyer's memo

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

A day before a mob of Donald Trump supporters smashed their way into the Capitol to disrupt the transfer of presidential power, then-Vice President Mike Pence’s top lawyer dashed off a fateful memo.

In the three-page document, attorney Greg Jacob concluded that if Pence were to embrace Trump’s demand that he single-handedly block or delay the counting of electoral votes on Jan. 6, he would be breaking multiple provisions of the Electoral Count Act, the law that has governed the transfer of power since 1887.

Such a move, Jacob concluded, would assuredly fail in court. Or worse, he said, the courts would refuse to get involved and leave America in an unprecedented political crisis.

In that case, he said in the memo obtained by POLITICO and published for the first time, “the Vice President would likely find himself in an isolated standoff against both houses of Congress … with no neutral arbiter available to break the impasse.”

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/11/pence-trump-jan-6-lawyer-memo-00038996

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Jacob will publicly testify at Thursday's Jan 6 Committee Hearing.

[Baitball Blogger]

1. Pence would have been trapped in the mult-verse!

Alone forever. Good thing he didn’t think his lawyer was a whiner.

[empedocles]

10. Alone. With the huge weight of decision - and consequences to be paid

[SergeStorms]

11. Without Mother by his side?

No Jeebus, either. No, Pence would never hold up in those conditions. Satan would have him in his clutches in a Mar-ma-lardo minute.

[kairos12]

2. No worries. Just like the debate, the fly would rule.

[Mr.Bill]

3. Besides, Dan Quale said not to do it.

[Captain Zero]

6. Quayle: Lots of experience in the potatoe-verse. He knew damn well

it was a slippery slope.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

15. Yep,

former VP Quayle made it quite clear to VP Pence that there was no wiggle room to his constitutional duties and what the Mango Menace was trying to force him to do was unconstitutional, so credit where credit is due, Quayle helped Pence make the right decision.

[Mr.Bill]

16. It's just funny picturing Pence

thinking "I need some expert advice...I know, I'll call Dan Quayle."

Sounds like a Saturday Night Live skit.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

22. LOL,

yeah, it does.
At least Quayle got this right.

[GoldenMezzoDiva]

26. Thanks ever so much, Mr. Bill, for makin' coffee

spurt outta my mouth and nose...

[MyOwnPeace]

28. A soda or beer.......

would have been worse!

But, even THAT would have been worth it (but he may owe you a new keyboard or laptop!)

Oh, and 'WELCOME' to DU - you now know to 'be prepared!'

[MyOwnPeace]

27. Lost it on THAT one!!!!!

GAWD, you can just 'see' it!!!!!!

Great response.....

[mrsadm]

29. Dan Quayle saved our democracy!

Funny to think, but true!

[TeamProg]

4. K&R Thanks for posting. n/t

[C_U_L8R]

5. Pence needs to summon a little courage.

And march himself down to Congress to testify before the world. Just stop with the cowardly coy act.

[Mr.Bill]

17. Yeah, it's not like Trump's fans

are going to vote for Pence if he runs.

[mpcamb]

7. Kinda nice to know what I thought all a long...Pence is a frightened little twirp.

He didn't do it because it was doomed to failure in the long run.
Screw right vs wrong...
It wasn't about having to stand up for principles.
It was about getting caught up where he'd have to prove he had some principles.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

19. But... He could have gone off with the SS and let Grassley

do it. So maybe he was more scared of trump killing him

[mpcamb]

20. ...and probably rightly so-

although a snake like trump always has someone else do it at his bidding.

[colorado_ufo]

24. Putin would have been happy to assist.

[reACTIONary]

8. Jacob was very collegial....

“I respect your heart here,” replied Jacob. “I share your concerns .... I want election integrity fixed.... I respectfully conclude that as a legal framework, it is a results oriented position that you would never support if attempted by the opposition, and essentially entirely made up.”

Right up to the very end....

“And thanks to your bullshit,” he continued, “we are now under siege.”

[lonely bird]

21. Just a small question...

In what manner does election integrity need to be “fixed”?

It is thanks to Republicans that the electoral process that has functioned for 240 years with a few hiccups along the way has come under a cloud. Yes, the electoral college needs to be removed. But that in and of itself is separate from the attempted complete delegimization of democracy that has been aimed at the constitution by Republicans.

[reACTIONary]

23. +10 nt

[tblue37]

25. As Lily Tomlinson once said about quality control, "Are we really worried that quality might

get out of control?"

[czarjak]

9. Hoosier Daddy, who was yours?

[3825-87867]

12. Blackmail?

Does trump have "those kinds of pictures" of Pence?

You know, the ones where he "kisses" mother in public!

or holds her hands?

Yikes?

[BumRushDaShow]

13. Meanwhile the legalities were delicately being relayed to 45

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142659892

[Joinfortmill]

14. We came so close.

[dchill]

18. I'm glad to hear Jacob is testifying.