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DONALD Trump got bad advice that Mike Pence had powers to overturn the election result, the Vice-Presidents former chief of staff has said.

During the Capitol Hillsiege, rioters appeared to scream "hang Mike Pence" after Trump blamed the "furious" Pence for not blocking Joe Biden's win.

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The MAGA fans stormed Congress as lawmakers were voting on certifying Joe Biden as the then President-elect on January 6.

Mark Short has now told CNN that Pence had a strong viewpoint as to what his role was supposed to be that day.

I think unfortunately thepresident was getting bad advicefrom people who had articulatedthat the Vice President wouldhave some extraordinary powersthat had never been used beforein the history of our country, he said.

He went on to say that the poor legal advice that thepresident was receivingIthink led him to believe that there was a different role thevice president could play onthat day.

As the rioters poured into the Capitol, the former Vice President was whisked out of the building.

The apparent chants for Pence to be hanged came afterTrumprepeatedly called for Pence to block Congress from certifying Biden as the winner but the VP said he would not do so.

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Republican Sen Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma toldTulsa World that Pence was outraged at Trump's calls to block the certification of the election.

"Ive never seen Pence as angry as he was today," Inhofe told the news outlet on Tuesday.

He said, After all the things Ive done for (Trump).

Trump had made repeated calls for Pence to block the vote.

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During his speech at the "Save America March" which preceded the Capitol Hill riots on Trump urged Pence to "do the right thing".

"I hope Mike is gonna do the right thing," Trump said. "I hope so, I hope so, because if Mike Pence does the right thing, we win the election."

Trump said: "Mike Pence has to agree to send it back."

As Trump spoke,Pence released a statement, stating he would not block Congress from Certifying Biden as the president-electand did not have the authority to do so.

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"It is my considered judgement that my oath to support and defend the Constitution constrains me from claiming unilateral authority to determine which electoral votes should be counted and which should not," Pence said.

Following the riots, one official toldThe Washington Postthat Trump was so angry at Pence that he couldnt see straight.

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, aRepublican, hailed Pence for his "courage" in upholding the Constitution.

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