I thought you can be interested. (Bad english ahead, sorry)
On this very moment, there's a turmoil in the italian govt. Since before Christmas, mr.Renzi (the ex PM, now supporting the actual administration with his small party) began to threaten mr. Conte (actual PM) to withdraw support and bring down the govt. Renzi asks for more power in the govt, but most of all he wants Conte to drop his personal assignment to National secret intelligence service. You must know that in Italy the control of secret service and intelligence is up to PM, but usually he delegates some top brass to the task. Conte didn't. He never did, and many criticized his choice, many asked why but he always refused to explain. It's his constitutional right after all. Most of us think it's because of the Spygate. Trump asked the italian PM to take care of that business. Italian secret services are actually at the orders of Conte and President Trump (as proved by those photos of Cia men at the airport). Renzi desperately wants to stop this.
The day after the assault at Capitol Hill, when Trump looked finished and Biden was proclaimed President, mr.Renzi attacked Conte more than ever asking him to drop his secret services control, accusing him (for the first time) to exchange dark secrets with Bill Barr. Many of us were amazed: Trump is done, Biden won, why on earth this man is so desperate to get that task out of Conte hands? Why Renzi doesn't feel safe now and is pushing so roughly?
Say what you will about Pence, but Trump's comment about "hoping the VP comes through for us" is looming large in my thinking... Follow for a moment:
If the goal was to out all the traitors in the house and senate (ie, drain that part of the swamp), all Pence needed to do was make sure the proceedings didn't derail, so the crime could be completed. He did that part, even though there was much pressure on him, he even sent that letter, which seems to me to have been all the traitors needed to feel safe in their endeavor. Lots of chatter about his "lack of courage", even from Trump, but it's all head fakes. Appearances must be maintained until arrests begin. Wouldn't surprise me if we didn't see Pence again.
Now Trump and Pence are both in the ether somewhere while the traitors fume and sputter, knowing they've all been outed publicly, and are completely trapped.
If that's all true, Pence played the part he had to, even if it was a penance.