On Tuesday night (Jan. 5), the New York Times published an article saying that Pence told Trump he had no authority to change the election results. President Trump then issued a statement refuting that the New York Times report was fake news.
President Trump’s statement read: “The New York Times story about what Vice President Pence said to me today is fake news. He never said that. The vice president and I fully agree that the vice president has the authority to act.
The Nov. 3 (presidential) election was corrupt and especially unconstitutional in the states at issue because they (the states) made massive changes to election rules and regulations, and the changes to election rules and regulations were made by local judges and politicians, not by state lawmakers. That means it is illegal.
“Under the U.S. Constitution, our vice president has several options. He can decertify the (election) results or send them back to the state to be changed and certified. He can also decertify the illegal and corrupt (election) results and then send them to the House of Representatives for a one-state, one-vote vote.
There will be a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, when members of both chambers will certify each state’s Electoral College vote one by one. Pence, as Senate president, will oversee the certification of the Electoral College votes.
As of Tuesday night, 13 Republican senators and dozens of House members had announced their intention to object to the electoral college votes in some of the contested states; at least one of the senators has objected to the results in Arizona, Georgia and Pennsylvania, while the House members will object to the results in Michigan, Nevada and Wisconsin, in addition to those three states.
This will mean an hours-long debate that will culminate in a simple majority vote to decide whether to discard the electoral votes.
The New York Times reported that Vice President Mike Pence told President Trump on Tuesday that he did not believe he had the power to stop Biden from winning the election in a joint session of Congress.
Trump tweeted Tuesday morning that Vice President Mike Pence has the authority to reject fraudulently elected electoral votes, echoing statements made by his legal team ahead of a joint session of Congress on the 6th.
I know we all have our doubts about this election,” Pence told supporters in Georgia on Monday (4). I assure you, I share the concerns of millions of Americans about voting irregularities. I assure you that come Wednesday (6), we will have our moment in Congress.
Since the Nov. 3 election, Trump and his team have said they have found voter fraud, irregularities and unconstitutional changes to laws related to mail-in voting in key states.
On Dec. 14, Republican-backed electors in seven states also voted for Trump and Pence during the Electoral College vote to keep Trump’s legal challenges going, including the six states mentioned above.
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