Pence and Trumps frayed relationship leading up to Jan. 6 on display in special counsel filing [Video]

Former Vice President Mike Pence’s role in certifying Joe Biden’s 2020 election win over Donald Trump and his repeated refusals to help the former president overturn the results, was under a microscope in special counsel Jack Smith’s detailed court filing Wednesday.Smith, in the 165-page document, provides the fullest accounting yet of evidence in his 2020 election conspiracy case against Trump, Pence’s former boss. Within its pages, the document provides a detailed recounting of the hours leading up to the U.S. Capitol riot and the deterioration of the relationship between the two men that led crowds of Trump supporters to call for violence against Pence.The filing lands in the homestretch of the 2024 presidential race, as Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign seeks to draw focus back on Trump’s refusal to accept his 2020 election loss.The role that Trump’s vice president is playing in federal prosecution against him has always been one …