'Commas matter': CNN legal analyst breaks down crucial new piece of evidence against Trump

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Former Vice President Mike Pence is saying that a typographical error in his book obscured a serious moment in which he admonished former President Donald Trump against his plan to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

Specifically, the former vice president told special counsel Jack Smith's team about the errant insertion of a comma in the statement "You know, I don't have the authority to change the outcome of the election," which made it look as if Pence was simply explaining it wouldn't work, when in reality he was scolding Trump that he knew it was illegal and was doing it anyway.

That tiny distinction could make a huge difference in the legal evidence at Trump's trials for election interference, said former federal prosecutor Elie Honig on Tuesday's edition of "CNN This Morning."

"Can we get at the commas for a moment?" asked anchor Poppy Harlow. "You read it, 'You know, I don't have the authority to change the outcome of the election on January 6th' or 'You know I don't have the authority.' I mean, that is a huge difference, is it not? What would it do for the prosecution? Pence is saying it's the latter."