Former Vice President Mike Pence will forego appealing a federal court order that requires him to testify before a grand jury investigating the actions of former President Donald Trump in the weeks leading up to the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

“Vice President Pence will not appeal the Judge’s ruling and will comply with the subpoena as required by law,” spokesman Devin O’Malley said Wednesday in a statement to POLITICO.

Last month, Chief U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg ruled the former vice president must comply with a grand jury subpoena issued by the investigation’s special counsel Jack Smith.

Pence initially challenged the subpoena, arguing his role as president of the Senate presented issues with his testimony due to the Constitution making his position “a hybrid creature of the executive and legislative branch,” POLITICO reported.

According to the “speech or debate” clause, Pence, under his role to certify the electoral votes of a presidential election, is given immunity from criminal prosecutions or civil suits that stem from acts taken within the legislative sphere and official responsibilities.

An attorney for Pence reportedly said the clause serves as a shield against having to testify about anything related to his role on January 6. However, U.S. News reported the judge’s ruling would still require Pence to answer questions about any illegal acts by Trump.

O’Malley asserted in the statement the principle prevailed in the court’s decision.

“In the Court’s decision, that principle prevailed,” O’Malley said. “The Court’s landmark and historic ruling affirmed for the first time in history that the Speech or Debate Clause extends to the Vice President of the United States.”

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Trump has not said if he will appeal the ruling himself, although the former president’s team had argued his executive privilege blocks some presidential conversations from disclosure to the public.

“Yellowstone” stars admitted that they’re in the dark as to the future of Kevin Costner on the hit show – and they confirmed that the actors haven’t even started filming for the rest of season 5, which is due out this summer.

Three fellow cast members of the popular Paramount show appeared at 2023 Paleyfest in Los Angeles over the weekend and shared that they have no information as to rumors regarding Costner possibly leaving the show due to scheduling conflicts, US Weekly reported.

Actress Wendy Moniz, who plays Senator Lynelle Perry, shared during her appearance at Paleyfest that she had no information as to the actor’s future, calling the “Dances With Wolves” star “very collaborative, really professional. And just a pleasure.”

“I don’t know,” Moniz said. “I have no news to report about it. We’re all just, you know, finding out what everyone else is finding out as it’s going.”

“I’m along for this ride for as long as it goes,” she added. “That’s what I can tell you. It’s just been a dream job.”

A newcomer to the show, Dawn Olivieri, said that she just didn’t know about the rumors regarding Costner either.

“I hope in my heart I get to work with [Costner] before whatever happens, happens,” Olivieri said. “I don’t know what’s gonna happen. We don’t know. But I do hope I get at least one moment to be opposite that great legend of a man.”

Mo Brings Plenty also told the outlet that he has no answers as to what is going on with Costner and regarding filming for the show’s expected return this summer.

“I don’t even know what’s going on and I just stay in my own lane,” Plenty said. “I have a great deal of respect for Kevin and who he is and what he does and everyone else. And so I just mind my own business.”

Paramount executive Keith Cox told the hundreds of fans gathered at a panel at PaleyFest that the network is “confident” the 68-year-old actor is going to continue with their show, as previously reported.

“What I can say is our star, the face of our show and the executive producer, [we] are very confident he’s going to continue with our show,” Cox told the crowd at the Dolby Theatre.

Related: Paramount Network President Shares Update About Kevin Costner’s Future On ‘Yellowstone’