Donald Trump warned Mike Pence that he’d be remembered as a “wimp” after the then-vice president refused to block Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election, according to a new book.

Pence’s previously unseen notes from Jan. 6, 2021 have been published in Retribution, a new book by ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl.

Just before Trump took the stage at the infamous “Save America” rally that preceded the Capitol attack, he reportedly made one last call to pressure Pence into overturning his loss to Biden.

But Pence informed Trump that he would let the election results be certified.

“You’ll go down as a wimp,” Trump told Pence in response, according to handwritten notes about the call on the morning of Jan. 6. “If you do that, I made a big mistake five years ago.”

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