Donald Trump’s defence lawyer says the former president never asked Mike Pence to overturn the will of voters in the 2020 election, but only wanted the then vice-president to “pause” the certification of votes to allow states to investigate his claims of election fraud.
Those baseless claims had already been rejected by numerous courts.
Speaking on several Sunday morning news shows, John Lauro said Trump was within his First Amendment rights when he petitioned Pence to delay the certification on Jan. 6, 2021.
“The ultimate ask of Vice-President Pence was to pause the counts and allow the states to weigh in,” the lawyer said
