Pence Dials Back Willingness to Testify to Jan. 6 House Committee

Former Vice President Mike Pence reneged on his previous statement that he would testify before the House Jan. 6 committee after suggesting he would.

Recently, the former vice president said he would consider offering his testimony in front of the Democrat-led committee investigating the Capitol breach on Jan. 6, 2021. Meanwhile, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), considered the face of the panel, recently told news outlets that Pence is in talks with the committee to testify.

But during an interview with The Washington Times over the weekend, Pence had a more cautious tone and described the committee as “very partisan.”

“If the committee wanted to extend a formal invitation I would consider it, but we would reflect very carefully on my obligations to preserve the separation of powers and the constitutional framework that I served in,” he said.

Pence, a former Republican governor from Indiana before becoming vice president, told the paper that he has “real concerns about the partisan nature of the Jan. 6 committee.”

“By essentially rendering this as a partisan committee that’s operating on a very partisan basis—and at times leaking information and leaking testimony—I think in many respects it has squandered an opportunity to really thoughtfully examine what took place that day and where the failings were,” he said.

After leaving the White House, the paths of Pence and his former boss, former President Donald Trump, have diverged. Trump criticized Pence for not objecting to or attempting to delay the certification of the election on Jan. 6, while Pence has claimed he did not have the power to do so.

“If the Vice President [Mike Pence] had ‘absolutely no right’ to change the Presidential Election results in the Senate, despite fraud and many other irregularities, how come the Democrats and RINO Republicans … are desperately trying to pass legislation that will

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