Former Vice President Mike Pence connected Sunday appeared to contradict a study that helium faced unit from Donald Trump to propulsion the politician of Arizona for grounds that would backmost up the then-president’s mendacious claims of predetermination fraud Successful 2020.

Multiple sources told The Washington Post successful an nonfiction published Saturday that Trump, 77, had repeatedly requested Pence “call [then-Gov. Doug] Ducey and prod him” — and that the VP held respective conversations with the Republican politician but declined to travel the instructions to unit him.

Pence, successful an interrogation connected CBS’ “Face the Nation,” confirmed that helium “did cheque in” with Ducey and different governors whose states were “reviewing their predetermination results” astatine the time, but said, “there was nary unit involved.”

“I was calling to get an update… I got updates connected that, passed that along, and it was nary more, nary little than that,” helium told moderator Margaret Brennan of the call.

Brennan followed up with Pence astir the Washington Post’s reporting that Trump had pressured him to prod Ducey.

“No, I don’t retrieve immoderate pressure,” Pence replied. “Look … things came to a caput astatine the end, Margaret, I’ve spoken astir precise openly and the president and I proceed to person a beardown difference.”

“I’ll ever judge that by God’s grace, I did my work nether the Constitution that time successful presiding implicit a associated league of Congress successful the aftermath of the mayhem and the rioting,” Pence added, referencing the Jan. 6, 2021 US Capitol riot. “But successful the days of November and December, this was an orderly process.”

Pence famously broke with Trump and refused to decertify the 2020 predetermination results connected Jan. 6, 2021, contending that helium lacked the law authorization to bash truthful arsenic VP.

Trump mislaid Arizona successful a constrictive 49.06% to 49.36% vote.

The erstwhile president has disputed his electoral decision and peddled heavy disputed claims that the 2020 predetermination was “stolen” from him oregon “rigged” against him.

In the aftermath of the election, Trump and his allies sought to situation his defeat. That is present taxable to an probe by Special Counsel Jack Smith, who charged Trump connected 37-counts past period for allegedly hoarding a bevy of classified documents astatine his Mar-a-Lago edifice aft leaving office.

Pence testified earlier a national expansive assemblage aiding Smith’s enquiry earlier this year.

The erstwhile vice president declined to authorities whether the Ducey telephone telephone came up during that testimony.

Trump has besides weathered scrutiny from a Fulton County probe regarding a telephone telephone helium made to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, asking to “find 11,780” votes, the fig needed to overturn his loss.

A spokesperson for Ducey argued it is “time to determination on” pursuing to The Washington Post report.

“Governor Ducey defended the results of Arizona’s 2020 election, helium certified the election, and helium made it wide that the certification provided a trigger for credible complaints backed by grounds to beryllium brought forward. None were ever brought forward,” the spokesperson said, per ABC.