Marc Quick, former Vice President Mike Pence's chief of employees, testified earlier than a federal grand jury wanting into the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol., in keeping with a U.S. official and two sources aware of the investigation.
His grand jury look on Friday in Washington, D.C., was first reported by ABC Information.
Earlier this 12 months, in January, Quick appeared earlier than the Home choose committee investigating Jan. 6 in response to a subpoena. Within the June 16 public listening to, clips from that interview have been performed, together with one during which Quick stated he believed that Mark Meadows, then the White Home chief of employees, agreed with him that Pence lacked the authority to overturn the outcomes of the election by not certifying the Electoral Faculty votes.
Within the video testimony, Quick stated he thought Meadows understood this to be the case, however Quick additionally informed the committee that Meadows had informed "so many individuals so many alternative issues," that this wasn't precisely clear.
Quick was with Pence within the Capitol on Jan. 6, as pro-Trump rioters overtook the constructing and the pair have been compelled to evacuate to the protection of a loading dock beneath the Capitol complicated. Trump had publicly and privately pressured Pence to reject the election leads to sure states received by Joe Biden, however Pence issued a press release saying he couldn't accomplish that.
He just lately informed CBS Information' Catherine Herridge in an interview this month that through the 187 minutes of rioting on the Capitol, he talked to just one particular person within the White Home, and that was Meadows. Herridge requested Quick whether or not Meadows had given Pence any assurances that President Trump had tried to mobilize assist, however Quick replied solely that it was "not a part of our dialog."
Arden Farhi and Kathryn Watson contributed to this report.