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The Hill reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday warned conservatives against veering too far toward “unprincipled populism,” delivering a speech with several veiled swipes at former President Trump’s fixation on the 2020 election and grip on the party. “Conservatism is bigger than any one moment, any one election, any one person. It’s about ideas,” Pence said in remarks …

The Washington Post reports: A former top aide to Vice President Mike Pence returned before a grand jury Thursday to testify in a criminal probe of efforts to overturn the 2020 election after federal courts overruled President Donald Trump’s objections to the testimony, according to people familiar with the matter. In a sealed decision that could clear the way for …

The Salt Lake Tribune reports: Speaking to a crowd at Utah Valley University, former Vice President Mike Pence was asked by a student if he would run for president in 2024. “I’ll keep you posted,” Pence said, causing a laugh and a cheer from the audience. Pence addressed around 700 students, politicians and members of the public on Tuesday, sharing …

Real Clear Politics reports: Justice Clarence Thomas who wrote that the high court “should reconsider” past rulings that relied on a legal doctrine known as “substantive due process” to codify rights to contraception and same-sex marriage. When RealClearPolitics asked if the Supreme Court should revisit those cases, Griswold and Obergefell in particular, Pence parted company with Thomas. “I have enormous …

Axios reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence writes in a memoir — “So Help Me God,” out Nov. 15 — that when the Capitol was attacked while he was presiding over a joint session to certify the 2020 election results, “I was not afraid, but I was angry.” What he’s saying: “I was angry at what I saw, how it …

The Associated Press reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence said Friday that he didn’t take any classified information with him when he left office. The disclosure — which would typically be unremarkable for a former vice president — is notable given that FBI agents seized classified and top secret information from his former boss’s Florida estate on Aug. 8 while …

“I mean, Mike Pence is a very nice guy, seems like a nice guy, but he spent four years getting bossed around by Donald Trump like a concubine, as he was bossed around by his donors when he was governor of Indiana. He’s not in a position to lead anything.” “I think he probably has useful years left in him, …

The Hill reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday criticized the members of his own party who have attacked the FBI in recent days over the search of former President Trump’s estate in Florida. “I also want to remind my fellow Republicans we can hold the attorney general accountable for the decision that he made without attacking the rank …

Reuters reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence distanced himself from Donald Trump’s repeated falsehoods about a stolen 2020 election on Tuesday, saying hours before the former president due to speak in Washington that conservatives need to focus on the future to win. “I don’t know that the president and I differ on issues. But we may differ on focus. I …

Mediaite reports: Former VP Chief of Staff Marc Short said if rioters had gotten any closer to then-Vice President Mike Pence on Jan. 6 “there would have been a massacre that day in the Capitol.” Short was interviewed Monday night by ABC News’ Linsey Davis just days after he testified to a grand jury in the investigation into the attack …

ABC News reports: The former chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence appeared last week before a federal grand jury investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. Marc Short was caught by an ABC News camera departing D.C. District Court on Friday alongside his attorney, Emmet Flood. Short appeared …

Congress Minutes reports: Mike Pence received high praise from Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) for his handling of Jan. 6 when he returned to his old stomping grounds on Wednesday. According to two people in the room during Pence’s appearance at a meeting of the conservative Republican Study Committee, Roy stood to thank the former vice president for counting the votes …

The Washington Post reports: Former vice president Mike Pence is endorsing Arizona gubernatorial candidate Karrin Taylor Robson, a developer who has long been involved in Republican politics, instead of former president Donald Trump’s chosen candidate, Kari Lake, a former TV anchor who continues to falsely claim that the 2020 election was “stolen.” The endorsement illustrates the division in the party …

Politico reports: A little-known Donald Trump campaign operative delivered lists of false electors to Capitol Hill in a bid to get them to Vice President Mike Pence on Jan. 6, 2021, according to two people familiar with the episode. Mike Roman, then Trump’s 2020 director of Election Day operations, delivered those false elector certificates — signed by pro-Trump activists in …

The Hill reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence, who has signaled he’s mulling a run for president in 2024, is pushing for states across the country to ban abortion following the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade. “Having been given this second chance for life, we must not rest and must not relent until the sanctity of life is …

CNN reports: The documentary film crew subpoenaed by the January 6 committee interviewed former Vice President Mike Pence on January 12, 2021, a day before the House of Representatives voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump for inciting the Capitol riot. In a clip of the documentary from filmmaker Alex Holder, which was obtained by CNN, Pence is shown an email …

“Vice president Mike Pence, he thinks he can be president of the United States. According to the reporting, he is taking a good hard look at running. He is opened to running in 2024 against Trump. “Now, I think that’s a terrible idea. Number one, he’s not nimble enough, he’s not decisive enough, he’s too wooden, he’s not imaginative. “He’s …

Mediaite reports: “Have you ever seen a president who refuses to accept blame, and I want to add to that, commits so many falsehoods?” Kudlow asked Pence. “I’m being very polite here, calling it falsehoods – falsehoods, you know, on any given day. He’s out there saying stuff that just ain’t true. Have you ever seen anything like that?” Pence …

Via press release from Rep. Greg Pence: Today, the Office of Congressman Greg Pence (IN-06) released the following statement regarding his health procedure over the weekend: Congressman Greg Pence is recovering from a heart procedure over the weekend after experiencing minor chest discomfort. Congressman Pence is expected to make a full recovery from home with his wife Denise and family. …

The Associated Press reports: Members of the House committee investigating the Capitol riot said Sunday they may subpoena former Vice President Mike Pence and are waiting to hear from Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, about her role in the illegal plot to overturn the 2020 election. Lawmakers indicated they will release more evidence about …