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To: locogringo who wrote (1328205)	11/9/2021 5:40:10 PM
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Trump and his allies, including then-Chapman University law professor John Eastman, tried to pressure Pence to block the pro forma certification of the Electoral College votes, a power the vice president does not have. Both continued to harass Pence even as the violence unfolded. Trump slammed him via Twitter as Eastman messaged Pence’s chief counsel at the time, Greg Jacob, while they were hiding. “The ‘siege’ is because YOU and your boss did not do what was necessary to allow this to be aired in a public way so that the American people can see for themselves what happened,” Eastman reportedly wrote to Jacob, referring to Trump’s debunked voter fraud claims. Pence remaining at the Capitol through the siege. Once the building was cleared of rioters, Pence and Congress concluded the certification of the electoral votes, affirming President Joe Biden’s victory.