{"id":1570699,"date":"2022-07-26T04:37:01","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T08:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1570699"},"modified":"2022-07-26T04:37:03","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T08:37:03","slug":"marc-short-former-top-aide-to-pence-confirms-he-testified-before-jan-6-grand-jury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marc-short-former-top-aide-to-pence-confirms-he-testified-before-jan-6-grand-jury\/","title":{"rendered":"Marc Short, Former Top Aide to Pence Confirms He Testified Before Jan. 6 Grand Jury"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmarc-short-former-top-aide-to-pence-confirms-he-testified-before-jan-6-grand-jury%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1570699&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Marc Short, who served as former Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-mike-pence\">Mike Pence<\/a>\u2019s chief of staff during the Trump administration, has confirmed that he complied with a subpoena to testify in the Department of Justice\u2019s (DOJ) criminal investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>Short appeared before the grand jury on July 22 in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can confirm that I did receive a subpoena for the federal grand jury and I complied with that subpoena,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mark-short-pence-jan-6-grand-jury\/\">told<\/a> CNN on Monday night. \u201cUnder the advice of counsel, I can\u2019t say much more than that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Short\u2019s appearance was first reported by ABC News, which reported that he was seen departing a\u00a0D.C. District Court on Friday alongside his attorney.<\/p>\n<p>Details of what Short said during his testimony are not known.<\/p>\n<p>The former Pence aide\u2019s\u00a0testimony before the grand jury makes him the\u00a0highest-profile Trump administration official known to have done so thus far.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>He testified earlier this year before the\u00a0House 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.<\/p>\n<p> \u2018No Specific Intelligence\u2019 <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I didn\u2019t have any specific intelligence, I did not have any knowledge the Capitol would be attacked the way it was,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/3525509-former-pence-aide-explains-why-he-alerted-secret-service-ahead-of-jan-6\/\">said<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n<p>While the former top aide declined to give further details about his subpoena to CNN or other outlets,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marc Short, who served as former Vice President Mike Pence\u2019s chief of staff during the Trump administration, has confirmed that he complied with a subpoena to testify in the Department of Justice\u2019s (DOJ) criminal investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. 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