Pence and top Trump aide clash over Jan. 6 ‘betrayal’

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Former Vice President Mike Pence is under fire in a new book from a top Trump aide for approving the election of Joe Biden after the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, a “betrayal” he immediately rejected.

In longtime aide Peter Navarro’s In Trump Time, Pence is dubbed “Brutus,” a reference to one of the most famous of the assassins of Julius Caesar, and blamed for undermining former President Donald Trump’s efforts to stall the election certification while audits were conducted of suspicious election results.

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