Trump loses appeal to block Pence's testimony in Jan 6 probe

Pence disclosed that he would not appeal a judge's ruling that requires him to testify about conversations he had with Trump leading up to the deadly attack on the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci listens with Vice President Mike Pence as U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the daily coronavirus briefing at the White House in Washington, US, March 17, 2020 (photo credit: REUTERS/JONATHAN ERNST)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci listens with Vice President Mike Pence as U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the daily coronavirus briefing at the White House in Washington, US, March 17, 2020
(photo credit: REUTERS/JONATHAN ERNST)

Former US President Donald Trump has lost an appeal to block former Vice President Mike Pence from testifying in the special counsel probe into efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, CNN reported on Wednesday.

Earlier this month, Trump lawyers filed the appeal after a ruling related to the Justice Department investigation of efforts to undermine the election that Trump, a Republican, lost to Democrat Joe Biden.

However, Pence disclosed that he would not appeal a judge's ruling that requires him to testify to a federal grand jury about conversations he had with Trump leading up to the deadly attack on the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

The unanimous decision, from the judges Patricia Millett, Robert Wilkins and Greg Katsas on the DC circuit Court of Appeals, came in a sealed case on Wednesday night, CNN said.

A representative for Pence had no comment. A representative for Trump did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

 THEN-US VICE President Mike Pence officiates, as a joint session of the House and Senate convenes on January 6, 2021 to confirm the Electoral College votes cast in the November 2020 election.  (credit: SAUL LOEB/REUTERS)
THEN-US VICE President Mike Pence officiates, as a joint session of the House and Senate convenes on January 6, 2021 to confirm the Electoral College votes cast in the November 2020 election. (credit: SAUL LOEB/REUTERS)