It is also critical to focus on "warrior for Clarence" -- Mark Paoletta.
It really looks like Vought, Paoletta and Klukowski was a small cabal of fellow travelers that rooted in OMB in prelude to the insurrection. Thomas family friend and consigliere Paoletta had worked for Pence prior to OMB, which is curious since "hang MP" was .. the direction of the MAGA crowd, significantly stoked by Ginni Thomas and her ilk, on Insurrection Day? Had Paoletta remained as "counsel to the Vice President" would he have counseled and pushed Pence to view his VP electoral vote counting role differently? Bet he would!
How much pressure do we think Mark Paoletta was putting on VP Pence's counsel Greg Jacob on electoral votes when everything was breaking loose? Bet it was a lot. Again, stressing Paoletta was Chief Counsel to VP Pence from Jan 2017-2018.
Remember that VP Counsel leading up to the insurrection, Greg Jacob, negated the claptrap theories that suggested the VP could reject the EVs.