Assault on the Capitol: how Donald Trump wanted to enlist Mike Pence in a coup

A video of John Eastman (left) and Rudy Giuliani is shown during the third public hearing of the commission of inquiry into the assault on the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. MANDEL NGAN / AFP Silk scarf and hat cowboy on white hair, John Eastman emerged from the shadows on January 6, 2021, in Ellipse Park, near the White House. He took to the stage, alongside lawyer Rudy Giuliani, to harangue the crowd of Donald Trump supporters. During the last weeks of the presidency, this lawyer and professor of law at Chapman University played a key role in preparing a coup to prevent Congress from certifying the presidential election of November 3, 2020 , won by Joe Biden. On this same January 6, Donald Trump then advanced to the podium, facing the bitter and resolute crowd. “I hope Mike will do what is necessary. I hope. I hope so, because if Mike Pence does the right thing, we win the election. The defeated president finished his speech at 1:10 p.m. Some of the audience had already snorted in the direction of the Capitol, to storm it. Some were calling for Vice President Pence to be hanged. Read also: Article reserved for our subscribers Assault on the Capitol: a staggering dive into the lies of Donald Trump Donald Trump, Mike Pence, John Eastman: three major players in a psychodrama at the White House that almost caused a democratic heart attack. Thursday, June 16, the third public hearing of the House of Representatives Committee of Inquiry made it possible to reconstruct this conspiracy against America and its improbable legal veneer, acutely raising the question of the criminal responsibility of its promoters. The failure of the coup is due to the final resistance of Mike Pence, who refused to block the certification. An image from video released by the House of Representatives Committee of Inquiry, showing the Mike Pence and his wife Karen walking through the Capitol on January 6, during the third public hearing of the committee of inquiry into the assault against the Capitol in Washington on June 16, 2022. HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE VIA AP of both houses of Congress. The committee honored him. By choosing the Constitution over clan obedience, the vice-president has grown in the eyes of history – having served Donald Trump unreservedly for four years – but he has condemned himself in the eyes of the MAGA movement (acronym of the Trumpist slogan, Make America Great Again), all committed to the cause of its leader. Trump pressures Vice President Pence On December 14, 2020, elected members of the Electoral College gathered across the country to confirm Joe Biden’s victory, by 306 votes to 232. But alternative and illegal certificates emerged in a handful of states, produced by Republicans, declaring Donald Trump the winner. This tactic, intended to present the certification as controversial, had been formalized at the beginning of December 2020. You have 75.48% of this article left to read. The following is for subscribers only.