Pence's Unpublished Notes Reveal Trump Insults Jan. 6 as Evidence in Capitol Riot Case

In newly published notes from then-Vice President Mike Pence, President Donald Trump reportedly called Pence a "wimp" during a tense phone call on January 6, 2021, urging him to refuse certification of Joe Biden's 2020 election victory. These notes, revealed in Jonathan Karl's upcoming book "Retribution," show Trump pressuring Pence with statements like "If you do that, I made a big mistake 5 years ago," and accusing him of listening to the wrong people. The handwritten notes were part of evidence special counsel Jack Smith intended to use in his prosecution of Trump, which never went to trial, documenting the hours before the Capitol riot. The call happened just before Trump took the stage at the "Save America" rally, and the notes even include a scribble of an angry emoji responding to Trump's accusations. Additional evidence includes draft versions of Trump's speech that were hurriedly altered to target Pence, highlighting the intense efforts to challenge the election certification. These revelations provide a detailed look into the confrontational interactions between Trump and Pence leading up to the Capitol breach.