Jun 20, 2017 · Origin Shortly after The New York Times reported that Vice President Mike Pence had hired a criminal defense lawyer in June 2017, social media users posted a quote in which Pence purportedly said...
Jun 16, 2017 · June 15, 2017 WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence has hired a personal criminal defense lawyer to guide him through the various investigations encircling the White House, an aide said on...
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Following the debate, Pence’s critics focused on his support for a measure he signed into law on 24 March 2016, which purportedly made women liable for the cost of funerals for fetuses they had ...
Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence signed legislation forcing women to hold funerals for miscarried or aborted fetuses.
As the 2016 presidential elections continued to heat up, the vice presidential candidates began to weigh in their own particular interests and issues. Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence spotlighted his views on abortion as part of his platform:
@FBI Threatening the President or VP is a federal felony under US Code Title 18, Section 871. It consists of knowingly and willfully making "any threat to take the life of, to kidnap, or to inflict bodily harm upon the President or VP of the United States".
Jenna Ellis, one of the president's attorneys, distanced herself from the Atlanta attorney. Ellis posted on Twitter on Friday that she did not support Wood's statements, but supports the "rule of law and the U.S. Constitution.".
Lin Wood, an attorney fighting for President Donald Trump 's victory in the 2020 election, raised alarms after he called for Vice President Mike Pence to be at the top of the list of arrests for treason. Wood, a staunch believer that Trump won the election, has switched his focus from Democrats to Republicans, calling for Pence to resign ...
Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election netted indictments against 34 people and three entities.
What an indictment is. An indictment is essentially a two-step process in the federal system: 1. An agency such as the FBI or the IRS investigates possible crimes. If the agency decides to seek criminal charges, the case goes to a grand jury . 2.
An indictment is essentially a two-step process in the federal system: 1. An agency such as the FBI or the IRS investigates possible crimes. If the agency decides to seek criminal charges, the case goes to a grand jury . 2.
2. The grand jury is designed to be an impartial body of citizens drawn from the community that, with the help of prosecutors, conducts its own investigation, in secret.
The grand jury is designed to be an impartial body of citizens drawn from the community that, with the help of prosecutors, conducts its own investigation, in secret. If the grand jury decides that criminal charges should be filed, an indictment is issued. (Conviction, of course, would occur only after a plea bargain or trial.)
Rick Gates ( 23 counts): Top deputy to Manafort, former lobbyist for Ukrainian officials; crimes alleged not connected to his work for Trump. Pleaded guilty to lying to investigators and financial fraud related to hiding money he earned lobbying for politicians in the Ukraine along with Manafort.
There were 72 indictments charging 68 people (58 were convicted), all in the Watergate scandal or related investigations. But arguably only 28 of the 68 were part of, or closely tied to, Nixon’s administration. They included two of Nixon’s attorneys general, two White House counsels, two secretaries of treasury and a number of White House aides.