There were some new clashes, and plenty of claims we’ve heard before, as seven Republican candidates faced off in California.
Person: Mike Pence
FactChecking the First GOP Debate
What Trump Asked of Pence
In an interview hours after former President Donald Trump was indicted for an alleged conspiracy to overturn the 2020 presidential election, one of his attorneys said that all Trump had ultimately asked his vice president to do was “simply pause” the Electoral College count at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Former Vice President Mike Pence called that claim “completely false.”