Overview
- Court filings show Special Counsel Jack Smith intended to introduce Pence’s day‑planner notes at a Trump trial to document the pressure campaign over certification.
- Karl reports investigators also obtained a forensic copy of Trump’s iPhone that logged lock and unlock activity and showed the device accessing images of violence at the Capitol.
- Drafts of Trump’s Ellipse speech reflected last‑minute edits that sharpened attacks on Pence, according to the materials described in the book.
- Multiple White House witnesses told the House Jan. 6 committee the Trump–Pence call was heated, with several recalling that Trump used the word “wimp.”
- Smith’s final report said the evidence was sufficient to convict, yet the prosecution did not proceed after a Supreme Court presidential‑immunity ruling and Trump’s 2024 reelection.