Motion to compel Pence’s January 6 testimony is rebuttal to Trump team, sources say

Special counsel appears to have issued motion in response to executive privilege motion filed by Trump’s team seeking to stop Pence testifying

The special counsel investigating Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election issued a motion to compel testimony from Mike Pence in recent days – after the Trump legal team sought to block his appearance on executive privilege grounds, sources familiar with the matter said.

The compulsion motion against Pence marks a pre-emptive move by the special counsel to rebut the executive privilege arguments before Pence had even made an appearance before the federal grand jury in Washington DC pursuant to a subpoena issued last month, the sources said.