Former Pence Senior Collaborator Cooperates With Jan 6 Panel | National government and new policies

Some people close to Pence were furious at the way Trump tried to scapegoat the former Vice President on January 6 and became even more furious after Pence, his closest associates and his family were put in charge. physical danger by rioters.

Alyssa Farah, who served as Pence’s press secretary before taking on other roles and quit her White House job before Jan.6, has voluntarily met with Republicans on the House Select Committee and provided information.

In a series of tweets as the insurgency unfolded, Farah urged Trump to condemn the riots as they were unfolding and call on his supporters to step down. “Condemn this now, @realDonaldTrump,” she tweeted. “You are the only one they will listen to. For our country!

In November, the panel subpoenaed Keith Kellogg, who was Pence’s national security adviser, writing in the subpoena that he was with Trump as the attack unfolded and that he could “have direct information on the statements of the former president and the reactions to the insurgency of the Capitol “. The committee wrote that, according to multiple accounts, Kellogg urged Trump to send a tweet aimed at helping control the crowd.

The Jan. 6 panel spoke to more than 250 witnesses, most of them voluntarily, committee leaders said last week, and is planning a series of public hearings next year to make many of their findings public.