Donald Trump's lawyer claims former president never asked Mike Pence to overturn 2020 election

Mr Pence, who like Mr Trump is seeking the Republican nomination for president in 2024, flatly rejected that account during an interview on Sunday

Mike Pence is seeking the Republican nomination for president in 2024, as is former president Donald Trump (Patrick Semansky/AP)

A defence lawyer says former US president Donald Trump never asked Mike Pence to overturn the will of the voters in the 2020 election, but only wanted the former vice president to “pause” the certification of votes to allow states to investigate his claims of election fraud.

Those baseless claims had already been rejected by numerous courts.