Mike Pence DENIES making move to run for president after spokesman shoots down FEC filing

Former Vice President Mike Pence did not file paperwork to run for president, Pence’s office clarified Monday after a government website made it appear he did.

‘Former Vice President Mike Pence did not file to run for President today,’ tweeted Devin O’Malley following a report that he made an official filing, with a link to the Federal Election Commission’s web page.

That page appeared to show the creation of a Mike Pence for President committee, with apparently signed paperwork dated December 26.

That would be an unexpected move, given that Pence has been avoiding formal commitment to a race even while taking a series of public appearances and steps consistent with a run – including promoting a book and trying to the matter of his fraught final days with Donald Trump behind him. 

Trump himself, who would be a chief primary rival for a potential Pence run, has continued to keep himself in the headlines, claiming the border is getting worse, while the House January 6 Committee released transcripts that detail his moves during his last weeks in office.

Former Vice President Mike Pence did not file paperwork to run for president, according to his spokesman, who was responding to a report based on a filing that appeared on a Federal Election Commission page

Pence did not file paperwork to run for president, his spokesman said minutes after a report citing a link to the FEC’s official site

‘Someone filed a Pence filing. But it wasn’t Pence, his spokesman says, suggesting it was a prank,’ wrote New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman in response.

The confusion emerged days after the House January 6 Committee released its 800 page report going into detail of former President Donald Trump’s effort to try to pressure Pence to reject votes certified by states. 

The Pence spokesman batted down a report by a Washington Examiner reporter who flagged the FEC filing and then deleted the tweet.

The FEC’s web page the Mike Pence for President campaign committee as having a PO Box address in Pence’s home state of Indiana.

The confusion emerged days after the House January 6 Committee released its 800 page report going into detail of former President Donald Trump’s effort to try to pressure Pence to reject votes certified by states.

The FEC’s web page listed a Mike Pence for President campaign committee with a PO Box address in Pence’s home state of Indiana

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Pence has been actively promoting his book on a nationwide tour, and has been taking steps for a possible presidential run. But his spokesman denied a Christmas paperwork filing was his doing