Aide Warned Secret Service of Security Risk to Mike Pence on Day Before Capitol Riots: Report
Evan Vucci/AP. Mike Pence’s lead Secret Service agent was warned about a security risk on Jan. 5, 2021, a day before a mob ofDonald Trumpsupporters stormed the U.S. Capitol — some of them chanting for the vice president to be hanged — in an effort to overturnJoe Biden’s 2020 presidential victory. Marc Short, chief of staff to Pence at the time, called the agent, Tim Giebels, into to his office and told him that Trump planned to publicly turn against the vice president for refusing to contest the electoral vote tally which favored Biden, according to areport inThe New York Times....