White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said in an interview with Fox News on Saturday (Jan. 2) that the president’s inauguration day could be changed on Jan. 20.
Navarro made the remarks on Fox’s “Justice With Judge Jeanine” program. On the same day, 11 Republican senators signed a joint statement announcing that they would challenge the Electoral College vote in a joint session of Congress on Jan. 6 and asked Congress to appoint an election commission to conduct a 10-day emergency review of the election results. Navarro’s comments were also made in this context.
Show host and former judge Jeanine Pirro asked Navarro about her expectations for the announcement, asking, “All of this must be done by Jan. 20. Do you expect this to be successful?”
Navarro said, “Vice President Pence, he has the authority to give 10 days to do what needs to be done.”
“I can’t imagine that when he sees the facts, he won’t vote the right way on this.” He said.
Pirro responded that the “10-day window” could change the date of the joint session of Congress scheduled for Jan. 6 for Pence to certify the results of the Electoral College vote.
“(But) Jan. 20 cannot be changed.” Pirro added that she cited Section 1 of the 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which states, “The terms of office of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on January 20, and …… successors shall begin.”
“In effect, it can change,” Navarro said.
“We can go beyond that date. We can go beyond that date if we need to. And we have to do it. …… We need to recapture the election for the people.” He said.
Pirro did not ask Navarro for further clarification on the assertion. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Epoch Times on Navarro’s remarks.
On Saturday, 11 Republican senators, led by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), said in a statement that the 2020 election “embodies unprecedented allegations of voter fraud, election law violations and lax enforcement of election laws, among other voting irregularities.”
“Voter fraud poses an ongoing, albeit controversial, challenge to our elections, both in its breadth and scope. By any measure, there are more allegations of fraud and irregularities in the 2020 election than at any time in our lifetimes.” The statement said.
“This poses an ongoing threat to the legitimacy of any subsequent administration,” the senators said in the statement. The statement added that the cosigners intend to oppose the results of the Electoral College vote unless and until that emergency 10-day audit is completed.
Pence said he welcomed the efforts of lawmakers to challenge the outcome of the Jan. 6 Electoral College vote.
Marc Short, the vice president’s chief of staff, said in a statement to reporters on Saturday that Pence is willing to consider objections from Republican House members and senators to the Electoral College vote for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.
Short added that Pence also welcomes lawmakers to present evidence of election irregularities and voter fraud to Congress during the session.
In a statement sent to the media, Short said, “Vice President Pence shares the concerns of millions of Americans about voter fraud and irregularities in this election.”
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