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Trump threatened Pence in phone call before Jan 6 riot, new transcript shows

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

A valet who was with former president on the day certified his 2020 election loss to told the House January 6 select committee that Mr Trump threatened then-vice president ’s future political viability in a phone call just before Mr Pence was to preside over a joint session of Congress to count electoral college

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