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Judge dismisses lawsuit against Mike Pence to overturn election Karen Ruiz and Nikki Schwab, U.S. Political Reporter For Dailymail.com © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo A federal judge has thrown out Texas Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert's lawsuit that had sought to give Mike Pence the power to overturn the presidential election during a formal count of the votes next week.   Texas US District Judge Jeremy Kernodle, a Trump appointee, on Friday dismissed the suit, ruling that the plaintiffs had lacked 'standing' and alleged 'an injury that is not fairly traceable' to...

Trump unhappy DOJ stepped in to crush Gohmert lawsuit Nikki Schwab, Senior U.S. Political Reporter For Dailymail.com © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo President Donald Trump is unhappy that the Department of Justice responded on behalf of Vice President Mike Pence in a lawsuit filed by Texas Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert that aims to give Pence the power to overturn the presidential election. The New York Times reported that Trump called Pence Friday morning to express surprise at the development. The president was more vocal to others about his displeasure, sources...

Legal experts slam Louis Gohmert The Texas Tribune January 6 is now just days away but President Donald Trump and his allies appear to have no intention of giving up on their fight to overturn the presidential election but they continue to come up short. In fact, a federal judge tossed out Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) and Trump's fake electors' lawsuit against Vice President Mike Pence. "The problem for Plaintiffs here is that they lack standing. Plaintiff Louie Gohmert, the United States Representative for Texas's First Congressional District, alleges at most an institutiona...

Mike Pence asks judge to toss out Republican Louie Gohmert's lawsuit that wants to give VP power to overturn election result - as Michigan's rogue 'alternate' electors join effort Vice President Mike Pence has asked a judge to toss out Rep. Louie Gohmert's lawsuit that aims to give Pence the power to overturn the presidential election Gohmert and Arizona's slate of GOP 'alternate' electors sued Pence to expand his powers so he can determine which Electoral College votes to count  The effort was joined by several of Michigan's rogue 'alternate' electors in a new court filing Friday morning �...

Copy to Clipboard Mike Pence (L), Donald Trump (Getty Images) 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 sug...