Mike Pence to go against Trump, announces he will attend inauguration

U.S Vice President, Mike Pence, has announced that he will attend the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on the 29th of January, which is a move against President Trump’s plans not to attend the inauguration.

This was disclosed in a Bloomberg report on Sunday morning.

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Sources and senior administration officials revealed that Mike Pence plans to make the event on the 20th.

President-elect, Joe Biden, disclosed on Friday that his transition team had agreed President Trump should not attend the inauguration but Mike Pence was welcome, citing that he would be honoured to host the Vice President.

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What you should know 

• Nairametrics reported on Friday that the United States President, Donald Trump, said he won’t be attending the inauguration of President-elect, Joe Biden, after repeatedly calling the election a fraud and his supporters mounted a violent insurrection at the US Capitol a few days ago.

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