MADRID, 17 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The United States House of Representatives committee investigating the assault on the Capitol has described as “disappointing” the statements by former Vice President Mike Pence in which he affirms that Congress “does not have the right” to request his appearance for those incidents and that for so much will not show up.
The chairman of that committee, Democrat Bennie Thompson; and the vice president, Republican Liz Cheney; have issued a joint statement in which they regret that Pence is “misrepresenting” the reason for the investigation in the interviews he gave this week to promote his book ‘So help me God’ (‘Help me God’).
In this sense, they have expressed that although they have praised Pence’s attitude on previous occasions in resisting pressure from former President Donald Trump to stop the counting of electoral votes and with it the confirmation of Joe Biden’s victory, his statements now ” They’re not accurate.”
This week, the former ‘number two’ in the White House has been giving interviews to various US media outlets to promote his new book, in which he openly criticizes and claims to feel annoyed with a Donald Trump, whom he accuses of having ignored him during those turbulent days for the United States.
In a dialogue with CBS, Pence tried to delegitimize the authority of this committee by stating that all its members were from the Democratic Party, which is incorrect since two of them are Republicans, the aforementioned Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, without forgetting that the Leader of his House party, Kevin McCarthy, opposed the formation of a bipartisan commission.
Pence’s new statements contrast with those of a few months ago, when in August he stated that he was not closing the door on testifying before this commission. “If ever a formal invitation were extended to us, we would duly consider it,” he said.
