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Mike Pence

Official vice-presidential portrait of Mike Pence.
Source: D. Myles Cullen / The White House · Rights/use: Public domain, United States federal government work · Modified: cropped and resized
PersonCast out19 relationships

Trump's vice president from 2017 to 2021, who resisted pressure to reject electoral votes and later declined to endorse Trump in 2024.

Relationship to Trumpformer vice presidentpolitical / 1 source

Status

  1. Former running mate; declined to endorse Trump in 2024relationship / 2024-03-171 source · Lead source
  2. Former vice president under Donald Trumpoffice / 2017-01-20–2021-01-201 source · Lead source

Exact relationships

  1. Donald J. Trump

    Relationship to Trumpformer vice president

    politicalOpen evidence · 1 sourcedocumented
  2. Donald J. Trump

    former vice president who declined to endorse Trump

    politicalOpen evidence · 1 sourcereported
  3. Donald J. Trump

    vice president and running mate

    politicalOpen evidence · 2 sourcesdocumented
  4. Donald J. Trump

    vice president and running mate

    politicalOpen evidence · 2 sourcesdocumented
  5. Donald J. Trump

    vice president and running mate

    politicalOpen evidence · 2 sourcesdocumented
  6. Donald J. Trump

    vice president and running mate

    politicalOpen evidence · 2 sourcesdocumented
  7. Donald J. Trump

    vice president and running mate

    politicalOpen evidence · 2 sourcesdocumented
  8. Donald J. Trump

    vice president and running mate

    politicalOpen evidence · 2 sourcesdocumented
  9. Donald J. Trump

    vice president and running mate

    politicalOpen evidence · 2 sourcesdocumented
  10. Donald J. Trump

    vice president and running mate

    politicalOpen evidence · 2 sourcesdocumented
  11. Donald J. Trump

    vice president and running mate

    politicalOpen evidence · 2 sourcesdocumented
  12. Donald J. Trump

    vice president and running mate

    politicalOpen evidence · 1 sourcedocumented
  13. Donald J. Trump

    vice president and running mate

    politicalOpen evidence · 1 sourcedocumented
  14. Donald J. Trump

    vice president and running mate

    politicalOpen evidence · 2 sourcesdocumented
  15. Donald J. Trump

    vice president and running mate

    politicalOpen evidence · 1 sourcedocumented
  16. Donald J. Trump

    vice president and running mate

    politicalOpen evidence · 2 sourcesdocumented
  17. Donald J. Trump

    vice president and running mate

    politicalOpen evidence · 2 sourcesdocumented
  18. Donald J. Trump

    vice president and running mate

    politicalOpen evidence · 2 sourcesdocumented
  19. Donald J. Trump

    vice president who rejected Trump's electoral-count demand

    legalpoliticalOpen evidence · 1 sourcereported

Record timeline

  1. Trump selects Indiana governor Mike Pence as his running mateFormer vice president and former running matevice president and running mate · documented · 2 sources
  2. Mike Pence serves as Trump's vice presidentFormer vice presidentformer vice president · documented · 1 source
  3. White House leaves Pence uninformed for days after learning Flynn misled himFlynn resigned February 13; Pence said the trust breach justified departurevice president and running mate · documented · 1 source
  4. Flynn resigns after the White House says he misled PenceFormer national security adviser; later pardoned by Trumpvice president and running mate · documented · 2 sources
  5. Pence's Ireland itinerary routes public spending to Trump's Doonbeg resortDocumented public expenditure; no finding that Pence personally received moneyvice president and running mate · documented · 2 sources
    1. public costIreland limousine contract$599,454.36
      Public spending source
      U.S. government
      Funds recipient
      Limousine contractor
      Loss or cost borne by
      U.S. taxpayers
      realized · 2020-03-13 · observedPopulation Federal limousine contract associated with the Pence Ireland itineraryPeriod 2019-09-02 to 2019-09-04Basis Use the contract total reported from federal procurement records; keep it separate from payments to the Trump resort.Limits The source does not allocate how much incremental cost resulted specifically from choosing Doonbeg rather than Dublin.Open cited evidence
    2. public costSecret Service payments to Trump Doonbeg$15,144.94
      Public spending source
      U.S. Secret Service
      Funds recipient
      Trump International Golf Links & Hotel Doonbeg
      Loss or cost borne by
      U.S. taxpayers
      realized · 2020-03-13 · observedPopulation Secret Service lodging and related payments to Trump International Golf Links & Hotel Doonbeg for the Pence tripPeriod 2019-09-02 to 2019-09-04Basis Sum the payments in Secret Service records obtained through FOIA as reported by CREW.Limits The records establish government payment to the resort, not personal profit to Donald Trump after expenses.Open cited evidence
  6. Trump presses Pence in an Oval Office meeting after Eastman concedes statutory violationsPence rejected the proposal; Congress later counted the certified votesvice president and running mate · documented · 2 sources
  7. Trump falsely says Pence agrees he can change the election outcomeJanuary 6 committee found the statement falsevice president and running mate · documented · 2 sources
  8. Pence repeatedly tells Trump the vice president lacks unilateral election powerPosition carried into Pence's January 6 public lettervice president and running mate · documented · 2 sources
  9. Trump attacks Pence at 2:24 p.m. after learning violence is underwayJanuary 6 committee documented timing and crowd consequencesvice president and running mate · documented · 2 sources
  10. Crowd turns on Pence after learning he will not reject certified votesThreat documented; no inference that every attendee joined itvice president and running mate · documented · 2 sources
  11. Pence publicly states he has no unilateral authority to reject electoral votesPence followed the position when Congress reconvenedvice president and running mate · documented · 2 sources
  12. Trump adds five off-script demands for Pence to his Ellipse speechCommittee linked the statements to immediate crowd anger against Pencevice president and running mate · documented · 2 sources
  13. Secret Service evacuates Pence and his family, missing the mob by about 40 feetEvacuated safely; returned to complete the countvice president and running mate · documented · 2 sources
  14. Trump tells supporters that Pence alone can secure a second Trump termDemand rejected as outside the vice president's authorityvice president and running mate · documented · 1 source
  15. Trump insults and threatens Pence's political career when Pence refusesPence maintained his refusalvice president and running mate · documented · 2 sources
  16. Pence resists Trump's pressure over electoral votesPence refused Trump's electoral-count demand on January 6, 2021vice president who rejected Trump's electoral-count demand · reported · 1 source
  17. Pence reconvenes the joint session and completes the electoral countElectoral count completed and result certifiedvice president and running mate · documented · 2 sources
  18. Pence testifies to the federal grand jury investigating Trump's election conductTestimony completed; grand-jury substance remains secretvice president and running mate · documented · 1 source
  19. Pence declines to endorse Trump in 2024Political relationship brokenformer vice president who declined to endorse Trump · reported · 1 source