Did The Deep (Trump) State Have A Back-Up Mike Pence Removal Plan?

Yesterday, in the comments to a post on the Trump campaign's concerted, conspiratorial and secretive efforts to generate alternative state elector slates designed to usurp the will of the American people, longtime reader Lew noted that it was Mike Pence who ultimately did the right thing and stopped the attempted Trump State steal on January 6th, 2021.

Specifically, Mr. Pence made it very clear that he would not block the Electoral College certification using the elector slates that were based on actual vote counts within each state, many of which had been confirmed either by recount or court decision.

Mr. Trump was not amused, tweeting the following while the insurrection raged on:

...Mike Pence didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify. USA demands the truth!...

At the same time, Mr. Pence's security detail was attempting to whisk him away from the beseiged Capitol building.

However, it appears that at least one person was concerned that the desire to remove Mr. Pence from the scene before the Electoral College certification took place was not motivated by safety concerns alone.

And who was that person?

Apparently, it was none other than Mr. Pence himself:

Former Vice President Mike Pence reportedly pushed back on orders from his security detail to leave the Capitol on Jan. 6 as supporters of former President Trump stormed the building in protest of Congress’s certification of President Biden’s election win....

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...With some of those marching through the Capitol chanting, “Hang Mike Pence,” Tim Giebels, the lead special agent in charge of the vice president’s protective detail, asked Pence twice to evacuate the building, according to the (Washington) Post reporters Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker).

Pence reportedly declined, telling Giebels, “I’m not leaving the Capitol.”

According to the book (by Leonnig and Rucker), Giebels then said, “They’re in the building. … The room you’re in is not secure. There are glass windows. I need to move you. We’re going.”

Once Pence was brought down to an area where his armored limousine was waiting, Giebels reportedly told Pence, “We can hold here.”

However, Pence responded, “I’m not getting in the car, Tim,” according to the book.

“I trust you, Tim, but you’re not driving the car,” he added...

Hmmmm...

One can only wonder if, perhaps, we are going to hear about Trump State back-up plan(s) during the January 6th public hearing run.



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