Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence testified in federal court for at least five hours about the far-right invasion of the Capitol on January 6, 2021 and the role of then-President Donald Trump as the alleged moral mastermind, CNN told CNN early Friday.

National networks ABC and NBC confirmed Mr. Pence was in the federal courthouse for at least seven hours.

His testimony marks a milestone in a criminal investigation, marking the first time in modern history that a vice president has been forced to testify against his president.

It appears that Pence was ready for the first time to testify under oath about his direct conversations with Trump before January 6, 2021. Trump repeatedly but unsuccessfully pushed him to block the results of the 2020 election, including in a private phone call on the morning of January 6th.

A federal court ruled that Mr. Pence could be forced to reveal conversations between the two men in which Mr. Trump may have acted illegally.

Pence’s testimony also suggests the failure of the former president’s attempt to prevent the testimony of the former vice president, who knew too much about the case, from November 2020 election night to January 6, 2021 and Trump’s bloody invasion. supporters in Congress.

Mr. Pence’s testimony is expected to be extremely damaging to Mr. Trump as the former vice president seeks to secure the Republican nomination, which the controversial president also wants for 2017-2021.

It is recalled that during the attack on the Capitol, the target of far-right demonstrators was M. Pence himself, whose physical integrity was compromised.

Source: CNN, Reuters.