What Is the Legal Theory That Drove Tromp to Try to Get Pents to Block Certification?

Thursday’s hearing on the Jan. 6 insurrection highlighted the effort to convince then-Vice President Mike Pence to stop the certification of the 2020 election. The committee presented evidence of the potential criminal liability of lawyer John Eastman, the architect of that plan, who asked Rudy Giuliani for a presidential pardon following the insurrection. We’ll analyze that and other takeaways from the hearing and talk to California Congressman Adam Schiff, who will lead Tuesday’s hearing.

Guests:

Ron Elving, senior editor and correspondent on the Washington Desk, NPR News

Ankush Khardori, former federal prosecutor based in Washington, D.C.; contributing writer, New York magazine's Intelligencer; contributing editor, Politico magazine

Rep. Adam Schiff, Democratic Congressman representing California's 28th District in Los Angeles County; chair, House Intelligence Committee; member, Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol

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