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Vice President Mike Pence is seemingly disinterested in getting on board with a plan that would prevent Congress from certifying the election in January for President-elect Joe Biden. Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert and Arizona s slate of Republican Electoral College electors filed a federal lawsuit earlier this week in a bid to get a judge to declare that Pence had the ultimate discretion to pick Republican electors when he certifies the presidential election in his capacity as President of the Senate.
A legal filing in the case suggested that Gohmert and the electors lawyers had tried to work out a deal with Pence but failed, thereby prompting the lawsuit, Politico reported. In the teleconference, Plaintiff s counsel made a meaningful attempt to resolve the underlying legal issues by agreement, including advising the Vice President s counsel that Plaintiffs intended to seek immediate injunctive relief in the event the
Pence Sued After No Agreement Reached on ‘Exclusive Authority’ Over Election Results: Court Filing
Lawyers for Rep. Louis Gohmert (R-Texas) said in a court filing that a conversation with attorneys representing Vice President Mike Pence about the upcoming joint session of Congress, and whether Pence has the “exclusive authority” to approve or decline electoral votes, did not result in the issue being resolved.
Gohmert and a host of others, including Republican electors in Arizona, filed a lawsuit against Pence this week, asking a court to give Pence “exclusive authority” to decide which Electoral College votes should be counted during the upcoming joint session of Congress.
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