Vice President Mike Pence asked a federal judge on Thursday to reject an effort to give him “exclusive authority” to decide which Electoral College votes should be counted during the upcoming joint session of Congress.
Vice President Mike Pence, through the Justice Department, asked a federal court on Thursday to turn aside a lawsuit a Texas congressman filed against him seeking to empower Mr. Pence to overturn President-elect Joseph R. Biden's win in the 2020 election.
January 01, 2021
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Republican Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert said over 140 members of Congress will object during Congress’s counting of the Electoral College vote on Jan. 6.
Gohmert and a group of other GOP figures filed a brief Friday in a Texas court against Vice President Mike Pence in an effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The lawsuit focuses on Pence, who will oversee the upcoming Jan. 6 meeting of Congress to count states’ electoral votes and finalize President-elect Joe Biden’s victory over President Donald Trump.
In the brief, Gohmert claims there are 140 members of Congress who will object during the Jan. 6 meeting of Congress.