Then–Vice President Mike Pence reads the final certification of Electoral College votes early in the morning of Jan. 7, 2021, when the joint session reconvened following an hours-long disruption after the Capitol was invaded by a pro-Trump mob.
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As the House committee investigating the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol focused almost entirely Thursday on the role Mike Pence played in averting a constitutional crisis, the former vice president was far from Washington.