The Trump Pence January 6th Timeline
Open source research on the historic insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, additional content for paid subscribers
Hey friends, starting the open-source reporting and note-taking on the interactions of former president Donald Trump and former vice president Mike Pence here. Much of this will be free for all to read as a public service, it is incredibly important as a milemarker in our nation’s history and deserves a continued airing and vetting. Additional reporting, including new questions as I find key gaps in the story, will be put behind the paywall further down in this post.
I will also be posting a key documents section here with links to important primary source material, including documents, hearings and interviews of Trump, Pence and others.
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Tom
* This is a living notepad, I’m adding/building as I work back through the material*
*Updated: 10/12/24 - 946a
1. Phone calls
November 5th, 2020 - declined to attend Philadelphia press conference (p. 429)
November 7th, 2020 - race called, Trump calls (p. 430)
November 22, 2020 - Talked w/ Trump, court challenges
November 23, 2020 - Trump tells Pence that Jay Sekulow not optimistic
November 26, 2020 - Thanksgiving call from Camp David
December 5, 2020 - First time Trump mentions challenging results in House of Representatives - Pence asks Greg Jacob to research the Electoral Count Act
(Gap mid-December, blames Lincoln Project ad)
December 13, 2020 - Trump calls, tells Pence he’s trending number 2 on Twitter. Tells Pence to decline presiding, “If you want to be popular, don’t do it” … Then suggests Pence walk out of proceedings on January 6th
December 19, 2020 - Trump calls Pence “around dinnertime”, tells him about South Lawn rally
December 25th, 2020 - Merry Christmas, McConnell told Trump no senators yet enlisted to sponsor ECA objections - Pence wanted to prevail on objections.
Trump said “you play a big role” … Pence, “I don’t think I have the authority to change the outcome”
December 28/29, 2020 (? cq) - Phone call “weariness in the president’s voice” - (Trump large rally in Georgia that night)
January 1, 2021 - 11a - Trump calls, why Pence opposing Gohmert lawsuit - “You’re too honest … hundreds of thousands are going to hate your guts”
January 2, 2021 - Trump call to Pence - decide to delay count 10 days (p. 447)
January 5th, 2021 - evening call to Pence, “you gotta be tough” … (GA 770, Trump cell records?)
January 6th, 2021 - 1115a call to Pence (GA 359 redacted)
2. Oval Office/WH meetings
November 4th, 2020 - East Room election night presser
November 12th, 2020 - Pence, Justin Clark, Matt Morgan, Trump. Giuliani, Sidney Powell (phone).
November 16th, 2020 - Trump and Pence dining room
December Cabinet meeting (after Lincoln Project ad)
December 21, 2020 - Monday, weekly lunch, steers Trump toward WH counsel, away from Giuliani
December 21, 2020 - Oval Office, then Cabinet meeting room, Congressional Jan 6 team, Jordan led discussion
December 21, 2020 - Trump Oval, behind Resolute Desk, Pence says “take a bow”
January 4th, 2021 - Epshteyn organizes meeting w/ Trump and Eastman, Eric Herschmann confronts Eastman about his memo … Trump repeatedly said Pence should reject valid electors
January 5th, 2021 - Private meeting in Oval Office (p. 453 - 54, GA 461-2 footnote redacted)
3. Other key interactions
December 23, 2020 - Trump tweets “Operation Pence Card”
December 28, 2020 - AZ chair Kelli Ward to Marc Short asking Pence meet with Sidney Powell in CO. (Trump directed suit against Pence, Gohmert lawsuit)
Dec - January, after Gohmert suit filed, began writing his letter of January 6th
Source documents
“So Help Me God” by Mike Pence
House January 6th Select Committee hearing focused on Pence
The Chesebro Memo (courtesy Just Security)
The John Eastman Memo (via CNN, first obtained by Bob Costa and Bob Woodward, “Peril”)
The unsealed, superseding January 6th indictment (via CourtListener)
Pending, addtl exhibits, Chutkan, post-Nov. 7 (Hill newspaper)
Redacted key (via Just Security/Klasfeld)
Gohmert v. Pence (dismissed 5th Circuit, dismissed by SCOTUS Jan 6th)
effort - find the ECA violates 12th amdmt, cased dismissed on standing,
ECA fix by Congress (via NCSL)
Known additional documents/unseen
Five pages of contemporaneous notes taken by Pence, submitted to grand jury/Smith (indictment p. 67)
Expanded Notes
Questions
Observations
Operation Pence Card
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