Former Pence aide explains why he alerted Secret Service ahead of Jan. 6

[brooklynite]

Source: The Hill

A top aide to former Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday he spoke to Secret Service before the Jan. 6, 2021, riots at the Capitol regarding concerns about the consequences of then-President Trump’s rhetoric as thousands of his supporters descended on Washington, D.C.

Marc Short, who served as Pence’s chief of staff at the time, said he spoke with the vice president’s lead Secret Service agent after it became clear that the belief among Trump and his aides that Pence could unilaterally stop the certification of Joe Biden’s election win was about to spill into the public.

“And I think with thousands of people descending upon Washington with hopes of a different outcome, I just thought it was important that they be alerted to that,” Short said on CNN. “But I didn’t have any specific intelligence, I did not have any knowledge the Capitol would be attacked the way it was.”

Asked if he was concerned about Pence’s safety, Short said he “wouldn’t have said something otherwise.”

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3525509-former-pence-aide-explains-why-he-alerted-secret-service-ahead-of-jan-6/

[DURHAM D]

1. Saw him on CNN earlier today.

HE IS FULL OF SHIT.

[Deminpenn]

2. Yeah, he was sure trying hard to minimize

what happened regarding Pence.

Short made sure to tout all the "accomplishments" of the Trump administration, too. As if starting a trade war with China that alone has about 1/7th of the world population and seperating kids from their parents at the border were good things.

[Stuart G]

3. Thank You for Posting & Sharing With Us...K and R

[bucolic_frolic]

4. Nobody wanted to be the do guy and the fall guy

In my view, that's why the circuit was never completed.