Editor’s Note: The following account is based on a first-hand interview Luttig gave CNN late last year about his surprise involvement in the events leading up to January 6. Some of the details of Luttig’s texts were first reported by Politico.
Retired federal judge Michael Luttig never expected to jump into the heated fight over the certification of the 2020 presidential election. And he certainly never imagined he would end up using Twitter to help former Vice President Mike Pence defy then-President Donald Trump.
But on the night of January 4, while at his home in Colorado, Luttig got a call