WATCH: Trump Attorney Outlines Why Mike Pence Will Be The Star Witness For Trump In Jack Smith's Case

On Sunday, John Lauro, attorney of 45th President Donald J. Trump, told ABC News's 'This Week' that former Vice President Mike Pence (R-IN) never alleged that the leading Republican presidential contender did anything contrary to criminal law, as Special Counsel Jack Smith's sham January 6 case moves forward. 

"Mike Pence will be one of our best witnesses at trial. I read his book very carefully. And if he testifies consistent with his book, then President Trump will be acquitted, for these reasons. Number one, Mr. Pence recognizes that John Eastman, who was giving legal advice, was a renowned legal scholar. Number two, Vice President Pence recognized that there were discrepancies and fraud in connection with the election. He wanted it to be debated on Capitol Hill. Mr. Trump wanted it to be debated in the state legislatures." Lauro argued. "But make no mistake about it, based on what Vice President Pence will say, the government will never be able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump had corrupt or criminal intent. And that is what this case was about.”

There is absolutely no way to prove that Trump had a corrupt and criminal intent here. Trump loves our nation, after all, and that cannot be said with certainty about Joe Biden and his cronies. In fact, Trump was trying to fight for the integrity of our institutions. No matter what one believes about the election fraud claims Trump alleged, it is hard to argue that these claims did not need to be taken seriously. Pence himself agreed, arguing that there were numerous 'voter irregularities.' With that in mind, it will be difficult for the government to prove Trump's intent was 'criminal' in nature.

When host George Stephanopoulos pressed Lauro on whether Pence ever alleged criminality, Lauro expertly responded, "he never said it was criminal... you may think that somebody is acting inappropriately under constitutional principles, but Mr. Pence, who is a lawyer, never said to Mr. Trump, 'I think what you are doing is criminal,' and that is very important. One of the things that, and you [Stephanopolous] have you been in a lot of White House meetings ... a lot of options on the table are discussed."

Lauro concluded, saying, "The ultimate option, that Mr. Trump asked for, President Trump asked for at the Ellipse speech, was merely to pause the voting for a period of time to allow the state legislature to weigh in."