Marc Short – The News Desk

Marc Short, who served as chief of staff for former Vice President Mike Pence, gave his two cents on what it’s like seeing former President Donald Trump’s mug shot following his arrest at the Fulton County Jail last week.“I think it’s sad. I think it’s tragic,” said Short on Friday after CNN’s Jake Tapper asked for his reaction to the image.Short, who was also a director of legislative affairs in the Trump White House, noted that the former president was great to him and his family before offering his two cents on the Jan. 6, 2021 attack.“I do think that the events of Jan. 6 were tragic and certainly avoidable. And I think that the president got a lot of bad counsel – in many cases, counsel he sought out – that I think led him astray,” Short said.“And I think that ultimately asking the vi...

Mark Meadows was a “ringleader” in the events surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, according to a top adviser to former Vice President Mike Pence.Marc Short, who served as Pence’s chief of staff, weighed in on Meadows’ legal predicament during an appearance on “CNN Primetime” on Tuesday.Meadows, who served as Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff, was indicted earlier this month under Georgia’s racketeering statutes along with the former president and 17 other allies over an alleged conspiracy to change the state’s 2020 election results.“I don’t think any of us relish witnessing what’s happening to any of these people that we worked with,” Short said on CNN. “I think it’s fair to say that, you know, Mark was a ringleader of much of the events that happened around January 6.”Sho...

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