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Martin Pengelly in New York

Trump said Pence was ‘too honest’ over January 6 plot, says ex-vice-president in book

Mike Pence
Pence’s book comes out as he seeks to establish himself as an alternative to Trump as the Republican candidate for the 2024 election. Photograph: Steve Helber/AP

Shortly before the January 6 insurrection, Donald Trump warned Mike Pence he was “too honest” when he hesitated to pursue legalistic attempts to stop certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory and would make Trump’s supporters “hate his guts”, the former vice-president writes in his memoir.

Pence also seems, bizarrely, to blame the anti-Trump Lincoln Project for enraging Trump with a political ad, thereby fueling the anger that incited the Capitol attack.

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