Attorneys representing former President Donald Trump are trying to undermine former Vice President Mike Pence's credibility by suggesting he may be in cahoots with Biden administration prosecutors.
In a filing flagged by Politico's Kyle Cheney, Trump attorneys suggested that Pence may have felt incentivized to turn on Trump because of leverage held over him by government prosecutors investigating his handling of classified documents.
"In January 2023, Vice President Mike Pence reportedly turned over at least a "dozen" documents bearing classification markings," the attorneys argue. "In February 2023, the FBI found at least one additional classified document at Vice President Pence's home... The potential charges faced by Vice President Pence gave him an incentive to curry favor with authorities by providing information that is consistent with the Biden Administration's preferred, and false, narrative regarding this case."
In fact, most legal experts predicted that Pence would face no charges at all for his retention of classified documents because, unlike Trump, he cooperated with investigators and did not try to obstruct law enforcement officials who were attempting to retrieve any documents.
Trump and Pence had a major falling out after Pence refused to unilaterally block the certification of the 2020 presidential election, which led to pro-Trump rioters storming the United States Capitol building and chanting for Pence's hanging.
