Former Vice President Mike Pence announced the establishment of the Office of the Former Vice President in Washington, D.C., and plans to move back to Indiana.
“The Office will manage correspondence, scheduling requests, public statements, and official activities for the former Vice President and former Second Lady,” Pence announced in a statement.
He added, “The Vice President and Mrs. Pence look forward to continuing to elevate causes that are near and dear to their hearts and serving the American people when called upon.”
According to the statement, Pence and his wife are residing in Northern Virginia and are expected to return to Indiana this upcoming summer.
Office of @VP45 (@Mike_Pence) opened in Washington, DC. pic.twitter.com/62Zs0Mf2Xn
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) February 3, 2021
Pence spent his last days in office seemingly at odds with former President Donald Trump over the certification of the Electoral College results.
The former president slammed Pence after he refused to overturn the election results, as IJR previously reported.
“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!” Trump wrote on Twitter last month.
Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) told Tulsa World he has “never seen Pence as angry as he was” amid Trump’s pressure on him.
“I had a long conversation with him. He said, ‘After all the things I’ve done for [Trump],'” Inhofe said.
The former vice president later rejected the idea of invoking the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office, as IJR previously reported.
“I do not believe that such a course of action is in the best interest of our nation or consistent with our Constitution,” Pence wrote in a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).
Pence and his wife attended Biden’s inauguration and applauded Harris as she arrived at the U.S. Capitol.