Federal judge throws out lawsuit asking Pence to interfere in Electoral College count wgal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wgal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
TYLER, Texas (KTRK) A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit from Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas and several Arizona Republicans seeking to force Vice President Mike Pence to help throw the election to President Donald Trump next week when Congress meets to count the Electoral College votes.
Judge Jeremy Kernodle of the Eastern District of Texas said on Friday that Gohmert and the others lacked standing to sue. In a filing late Friday, Gohmert and other plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal to the Fifth Circuit of the US Court of Appeals.
Gohmert s suit is part of a GOP attempt to overturn the presidential election alleging mass voter fraud and charging that multiple states that President-elect Joe Biden won illegally changed their voting rules due to the pandemic.
President Donald Trump has refused to concede he lost the election to Joe Biden. Trump’s Republican allies have launched a long-shot bid to overturn the loss.
Pence asks judge to reject Gohmert lawsuit asking the VP to interfere in the Electoral College count krdo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from krdo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Pence says, A "suit to establish that the Vice President has discretion over the count, filed against the Vice President, is a walking legal contradiction."