Trump Pressures Pence to Overturn Election — 'Do the Right Thing' (2021-01-04 to 2021-01-06)

Trump launches a sustained pressure campaign against Vice President Mike Pence to refuse certification of the electoral votes on January 6. Trump publicly tweets that Pence should 'do the right thing' and privately pressures him in meetings and phone calls. Eastman argues that Pence has unilateral authority to reject electors — a theory rejected by Pence's legal counsel and every constitutional scholar. Pence ultimately refuses, triggering Trump's tweet attacking him during the insurrection.