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Republicans sue Vice President Pence in bid to overturn US election results By: Xinhua WASHINGTON: In a far-fetched bid to overturn the result of the US election, House Representative Louie Gohmert and other fellow Republicans on Monday sued Vice President Mike Pence, who will preside over the upcoming congressional meeting that will finalize Democratic President-elect Joe Bidens victory. The lawsuit, which was joined by Arizona Republican Party chair Kelli Ward and others, focused on Pences of...

Washington, Dec 29 : In a far-fetched bid to overturn the result of the US election, House Representative Louie Gohmert and other fellow Republicans have

Tuesday, December 29, 2020 Lawsuit Seeks to Give Mike Pence Power to Overturn Electoral College Vote; Mo Brooks: Dozens of House Republicans Eye Objection to Election Results, and related stories Louie Gohmert Lawsuit Seeks to Give Mike Pence Power to Overturn Electoral College Vote: On Sunday, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) led a group of Republicans in suing Vice President Mike Pence in order to empower Pence to overturn the Electoral College vote in favor of Joe Biden and give President Donal...

Tuesday, 29 December 2020 2:40 AM   [ Last Update: Tuesday, 29 December 2020 2:40 AM ] US Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a Defend The Majority campaign event on December 17, 2020 in Columbus, Georgia.   US Rep. Louie Gohmert became the latest Republican to file a long-shot lawsuit attempting to reverse President-elect Joe Biden’s victory — this time by suing Vice President Mike Pence. The last-ditch legal effort, filed S...

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GOP Lawmaker Louie Gohmert Sues Vice President Pence to Give Him ‘Exclusive Authority’ to Overturn Election Results Posted on Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) filed a lawsuit against Vice President Mike Pence in a bid to overturn the election results, asking a court to give Pence “exclusive authority” to decide which Electoral College votes should be counted on Jan. 6. According to the lawsuit (pdf), Pence has a role in the upcoming Jan. 6 Joint Session of Congress to count all 50 states�...

Pence asks judge to toss Gohmert’s lawsuit seeking to change election results The vice president said in a brief the suit should be aimed at Congress, not him. Updated Thursday at 7:01 p.m. with Pence brief. Vice President Mike Pence has asked a Trump-appointed judge to dismiss a lawsuit by Rep. Louie Gohmert of Tyler and several other Republicans that aimed to allow Pence to overturn the results of the election. The lawsuit, by Gohmert and the Republican slate of electors from Arizona, asks ...

My Turn: It ain’t over ’til it’s over AP PHOTO/J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE AP PHOTO/J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE Published: 12/23/2020 3:08:24 PM It might seem like Trump’s efforts to overturn the election have finally reached their conclusion. The Supreme Court unanimously rejected the Texas lawsuit challenging the vote, the Electoral College officially voted for Biden, and even loyalist Mitch McConnell has said that Biden is the president-elect. But wait. A little-known U.S. law creates another oppo...

Some Republican Senators Are Clinging to Election Denial, Fearful of Losing Base Senator Majority Leader Mitch McConnell poses with newly elected Republican senators, left to right, Senator-elect Cynthia Lummis, Senator-elect Tommy Tuberville, Senator-elect Bill Hagerty and Senator-elect Roger Marshall, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on November 9, 2020. KEN CEDENO / POOL / AFP via Getty Images By With less than a month to go until Joe Biden is slated to be inaugurated the country’s...

Comment: How did Reuters manage to predict - two months ahead of time - the current scenario of duelling electors? In the United States, a candidate becomes president by securing the most "electoral" votes rather than winning a majority of the national popular vote. Known as the Electoral College, the system allots electors to the 50 states and the District of Columbia largely based on their population. It is theoretically possible for the governor and legislature, each representing a differe...