New Details On Why Pence Refused To Get In Secret Service Car On Jan. 6
After the mob breached the building on Jan. 6, the Secret Service hustled Mike Pence out. They wanted to take him away from the Capitol, but he refused to go. Why didn’t he want to go?
Wow. This lays out a possible interesting scenario. Maybe Trump was on the verge of success. Maybe Pence was about the into that car. He did, after all, go down a lot of stairs into a parking garage. Where did they think they were going? To McDonalds? Pence might be within seconds of getting into that car. Trump might be on the verge of success. If driven away, Trump’s man, Secret Service agent Anthony Ornato is in control. He may decide it is just too dangerous for Pence to return to the Capitol that night. The president pro tempore emeritus Senator Grassley would just have to carry out the duty the Vice President would normally do.
But, within seconds of success, Mike Pence sees Trump’s latest tweet”
"Mike Pence didn't have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify. USA demands the truth!"
Perhaps that is what bucked him up. No courage, hey? Well, I’ll show him courage.
The tweet intended to remind the rioters that Pence was the main target (as if Trump hadn’t made that very clear already) may have blown it for him. A tweet too far.
At the top of my list, I want Secret Service agent Anthony M. Ornato to be grilled by Congress. He could lie. But if he shared his intentions with other agents, that could be dangerous.
If I understand things correctly, Trump appointed Ornato, in December 2020, to a position where he directs the Secret Service, as far as making decisions on whether someone they are protecting needs to be moved or not. That is very suspicious. I think, at the very least, there is enough doubt about the loyalty of Anthony Ornato, to the Constitution, that he should be removed from the Secret Service. The motto of the United States Secret Service is "Worthy of Trust & Confidence". If that motto is to be followed, Ornato must go.