Pence: Meeting with Trump was a ‘new low watermark’

Shortly after Election Day in November 2020, President Trump, Vice President Pence, and several attorneys associated with the Republican campaign met at the White House. The purpose was to discuss attempts to challenge the results of the vote. The meeting was also attended by a number of outside lawyers, including Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell.

In his upcoming autobiography, So God Help Me, Pence describes how the debate quickly became heated and how Trump’s outside lawyers did not accept that the possibility of an appeal was slim.

“After campaign lawyers gave a sober and somewhat pessimistic report on the status of the appeal, outside lawyers went on the offensive… Giuliani told the president over megaphone, ‘Your lawyers don’t tell you the truth, Mr. President.'”

Pence calls The meeting is a “new low-water sign,” even for an office where tough conversations were part of everyday life.

“On that day, the President made the fateful decision to put Giuliani and Sidney Powell in charge of judicial strategy… sow the seeds for a tragic day in January,” Pence wrote.

On January 6, Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building in Washington, where the election results were due to be confirmed.

It was a first penny From the former president’s close circle who struck a book deal and in April, publisher Simon & Schuster was reported to have paid just over SEK 30 million to get the Republican book Two books to come.

“So God Help Me” will be released on November 15 and is expected to cover Pence’s tenure as vice president, including contrasts with Trump after losing the 2020 election.

Pence is seen as a potential presidential candidate for Republicans in 2024. However, he will face stiff opposition from pro-Trump voters, who have not forgiven the former vice president for not supporting attempts to overturn the election results.