前副总统迈克·彭斯周四出现在调查前总统唐纳德·特朗普的大陪审团面前推翻2020大选的作用和努力知情人士告诉ABC新闻。
彭斯在华盛顿法院呆了七个多小时，后来ABC新闻看到他的车离开了。
特别顾问杰克·史密斯的发言人拒绝置评。
他是最初由史密斯传唤2月，特朗普及其盟友试图推翻2020年大选的失败有关的文件和证词。传票是在联邦检察官和彭斯的法律团队经过数月谈判后发出的。
特朗普试图阻止彭斯的证词，包括主张行政特权，但未获成功。上个月底，华盛顿特区地方法院首席法官詹姆斯·博斯伯格(James Boasberg)驳回了这一主张。
前副总统迈克·彭斯于2023年4月26日在北卡罗来纳州教堂山的北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校发表了关于“从左派手中拯救美国”的演讲。
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据消息人士透露，博斯伯格命令彭斯在大陪审团面前作证，并向史密斯提供记录，博斯伯格裁定，彭斯必须就任何涉及特朗普非法行为的问题向史密斯提供答案。
然而，法官确实勉强支持了彭斯本人提出的另一项法律挑战的部分内容，他认为他应该免于就与他作为参议院主席监督2020年1月6日选举认证有关的某些方面作证。
周三，一个联邦上诉小组拒绝了特朗普法律团队阻止彭斯作证的进一步努力。
彭斯本月早些时候表示，他不会对华盛顿地区法院的裁决提起上诉，并将遵守大陪审团的传票。
Mike Pence testifies before special counsel’s 2020 election grand jury: Sources
Former Vice President Mike Pence appeared Thursday before a grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump'srole and efforts to overturn the 2020 election, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.
Pence was inside the courthouse in Washington for more than seven hours and his vehicle was later seen leaving by ABC News.
A spokesperson for special counsel Jack Smith declined to comment.
He wasinitially subpoenaed by Smithin February for documents and testimony related to the failed attempt by Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election. The subpoena came after months of negotiations between federal prosecutors and Pence's legal team.
Trump unsuccessfully sought to stop Pence's testimony, including by asserting a claim of executive privilege that was rejected late last month by the chief judge for the D.C. district court, James Boasberg.
Boasberg ordered Pence to testify before the grand jury and to provide records to Smith and, according to sources, Boasberg ruled that Pence should have to provide answers to Smith on any questions that implicate any illegal acts on Trump's part.
The judge, however, did narrowly uphold parts of a separate legal challenge brought by Pence himself, who argued he should be shielded from having to testify on certain aspects related to his role as president of the Senate overseeing the certification of the 2020 election on Jan. 6, 2021.
A federal appeals panel on Wednesday rejected a further effort from Trump's legal team to prevent Pence from testifying.
Pence said earlier this month that he would not appeal the D.C. district court ruling and would comply with the grand jury subpoena.
