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Louie Gohmert sues Mike Pence in bid to overturn election results Follow Us Question of the Day Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, speaks during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 24, 2020, on oversight of the Justice Department and a probe into the politicization of the department under Attorney General William Barr. ... more > By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times - Monday, December 28, 2020 A group of Republicans led by Rep. Louie Gohmert ...

GOP Lawmaker Sues to Give Pence ‘Exclusive Authority’ Over Electoral College Votes Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) filed a lawsuit against Vice President Mike Pence to give Pence “exclusive authority” to decide which Electoral College votes should be counted. According to the lawsuit (pdf), Pence has a role in the upcoming Jan. 6, 2021, joint session of Congress to count all 50 states’ Electoral College votes. Gohmert’s lawsuit was filed against Pence in his capacity as vice president, is asking a federal judge to strike down to declare Section 15 of the 1887 Electoral Count Act unc...

Trump's ultra-loyalists launch yet another lawsuit to overturn election: GOP representative Louie Gohmert and Arizona's Republican 'electors' ask judge to rule that Mike Pence can pick which electoral votes count Rep. Louie Gohmert and Arizona's slate of Republican Electoral College 'electors' are suing Vice President Mike Pence  The lawsuit, which was described by one expert as 'jaw-droppingly stupid,' aims to give Pence the power to choose GOP electors over Democratic ones  On December 14, when members of the Electoral College were voting in state capitals, GOP 'electors' met too and cast...

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’ Electoral College votes. Gohmert’s lawsuit, which was filed against Pence in his capacity as vic...

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 Jeremy Kernodle, a U.S. District judge in Tyler and Trump appointee, to allow Pence to choose which ...