Marc Short, Former Top Aide to Pence Confirms He Testified Before Jan. 6 Grand Jury

Marc Short, who served as former Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff during the Trump administration, has confirmed that he complied with a subpoena to testify in the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) criminal investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol.

Short appeared before the grand jury on July 22 in Washington, D.C.

“I can confirm that I did receive a subpoena for the federal grand jury and I complied with that subpoena,” he told CNN on Monday night. “Under the advice of counsel, I can’t say much more than that.”

Short’s appearance was first reported by ABC News, which reported that he was seen departing a D.C. District Court on Friday alongside his attorney.

Details of what Short said during his testimony are not known.

The former Pence aide’s testimony before the grand jury makes him the highest-profile Trump administration official known to have done so thus far.

Short served as chief of staff to Pence for nearly two years and was with the former Vice President in the Capitol on the day of the breach. He has previously said that he accompanied Pence to the Capitol building before they both went to a secure location following the breach.

He testified earlier this year before the House select committee investigating the events of Jan. 6 and has previously said publically that he spoke with the secret service ahead of Jan. 6 to warn them that former President Donald Trump may go public with his belief that Pence could overturn the election results.

‘No Specific Intelligence’

“But I didn’t have any specific intelligence, I did not have any knowledge the Capitol would be attacked the way it was,” he said at the time.

While the former top aide declined to give further details about his subpoena to CNN or other outlets,

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