Former Vice President Mike Pence promised to tell the truth when he testifies before a federal grand jury probing the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.

Well obey the law, well tell the truth and the story that Ive been telling the American people all across the country the story that I wrote in the pages of my memoir thatll be what I tell in that setting as well, Pence said in a Sunday interview with CBS Robert Costa on Face the Nation.

Pence was subpoenaed by the Justice Departments special counsel Jack Smith to testify before the panel. He initially fought what he described as the unprecedented move to compel his testimony, pointing to his role as president of the Senate as protecting him from testifying under the U.S. Constitutions speech or debate clause. He dropped his legal fight earlier this month.

He told Costa his attorneys have arranged a date for his grand jury appearance, but didnt elaborate. He also said hes grateful that a court acknowledged his concerns about testifying.

For the first time in history, a federal court acknowledged that that provision of the Constitution applies to the vice president and theyve limited what theyll be requesting of me, Pence said.

Costa pressed Pence about whether hell testify about private conversations with then-President Donald Trump .

I think Im limited about what I can say about the proceedings of the grand jury or the decision of the judge, but people can be confident that well obey the law, well comply with the law, Pence answered.

H/T: Mediaite