ABC's Jonathan Karl has a new book which contains "previously unpublished" notes from Mike Pence revealing that Donald Trump berated him and called him a wimp on Jan. 6, 2021.
According to ABC:
"According to court filings, had his case against Trump gone to trial, special counsel Jack Smith planned to use the handwritten notes -- hastily scribbled on Pence's day planner -- as evidence to document the hours before Trump allegedly directed a violent mob to storm the Capitol."
Specifically, the notes tell of Trump insulting Pence ahead of the certification of Joe Biden's victory.
"'You'll go down as a wimp,' Trump told Pence about his decision not to block Biden's certification, according to Pence's notes about the call on the morning of Jan. 6, just before the president took the stage at the 'Save America' rally on the Ellipse. 'If you do that, I made a big mistake 5 years ago,' Pence wrote Trump told him," according to the report.
The upcoming book, Retribution: Donald Trump and the Campaign that Changed America, also has additional info from the Pence notes, according to ABC.
"The notes also include what appears to be a scribble of an angry emoji after Trump told Pence, 'You listen to the wrong people,' according to Karl," the report states.
"Among the terabytes of evidence Smith amassed in his investigation, including a forensic copy of Trump's own phone documenting his digital activity on Jan. 6, are draft versions of his speech on the Ellipse showing it was hurriedly changed to target Pence directly," ABC reports. "The materials were never publicly released before the dismissal of the case following Trump's reelection, creating a gap in the historical record of the former-and-future president's alleged actions."