Mike Pence: history will hold Donald Trump accountable over Capitol attack
by Martin Pengelly in New York and agencies from US news | The Guardian on (#69Q4X)
Former vice-president, speaking at Gridiron dinner, says it mocks decency' to portray January 6 as anything other than a disgrace'
Mike Pence has offered a rebuke of his one-time boss Donald Trump, saying history will hold the former president accountable for his role in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.
Pence, then vice-president, was in the Capitol when thousands of Trump supporters breached the building in an attempt to stop Congress certifying the 2020 presidential election, which Trump lost to Joe Biden.
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