One misplaced comma in Mike Pence's book may give Jack Smith even more evidence

Investigators pored over Mike Pence's book so closely that they questioned the former vice president's placement of a single comma.

Pence sat for an interview earlier this year with special counsel Jack Smith's team to discuss Donald Trump's efforts to remain in office despite his election loss, and sources told ABC News that their questions zoomed in to a granular level of detail.

"When recounting a phone call with Trump on Christmas Day 2020, Pence wrote in his book that he told Trump, 'You know, I don't think I have the authority to change the outcome' of the election on Jan. 6," the network reported.

However, Pence told investigators the comma was misplaced, and that the sentence should be read as an admonishment: "You know I don't think I have the authority to change the outcome."

That indicates that Trump was made aware of the limitations of Pence's authority days before the Jan. 6, 2021, certification of President Joe Biden's election win.