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What is known about Mike Pence's 'contemporaneous notes' on Trump in Jan. 6 case
ABC News
The "contemporaneous notes" that former Vice President Mike Pence says he took related to Jan. 6, 2021, amid a pressure campaign urging him to overturn the 2020 election, are now being raised in special counsel Jack Smith's case against former President Donald Trump.
Pence, who is running against Trump for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, has emerged as a potential key witness at trial after Trump was indicted last week in Washington on four federal charges over his efforts to reverse his presidential election loss and remain in power.
Trump pleaded not guilty at his arraignment on Thursday and later claimed to reporters that "this is a persecution of a political opponent" by the federal government, which prosecutors deny.
(Trump faces two other indictments, in New York state and in federal court in Florida, and has pleaded not guilty to both. He denies all wrongdoing.)
The former vice president, who was ordered to testify in April before the federal grand jury investigating Jan. 6, has said in multiple media appearances that he has no plans to testify as a witness at Trump's future election interference trial but will comply with the law.
It's a prospect Trump's attorneys have insisted they welcome, arguing that Pence will not help prosecutors establish "Trump had corrupt or criminal intent."