Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, studies notes during a House Judiciary Committee hearing in July. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)
(CN) Just over a week before Congress meets to formalize Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in the November presidential election, a Republican lawmaker from Texas is asking a federal judge to give Vice President Mike Pence the exclusive power to throw out Electoral College votes.
The lawsuit filed in Tyler, Texas, federal court on Sunday by Congressman Louie Gohmert marks the latest in a series of long-shot legal bids from Republicans seeking to overturn Biden’s win, cases that have been routinely rejected by the courts.
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Inside Trump’s pressure campaign to overturn the election POLITICO 12/21/2020 By Anita Kumar and Gabby Orr © Al Drago/Getty Images President Donald Trump’s efforts to cling to power are unprecedented in American history.
It started with a phone call.
In mid-November, President Donald Trump rang Monica Palmer, the Republican chair of an obscure board in Michigan that had just declared Joe Biden winner of the state’s most populous county.
Within 24 hours, Palmer announced she wanted to “rescind” her vote. Her reasoning mirrored Trump’s public and private rants: The Nov. 3 election may have been rife with fraud.
“The Wayne County election had serious process flaws which deserve investigation,” she wrote in an affidavit. “I continue to ask for information to assure Wayne County voters that these elections were conducted fairly and accurately.”
Tucker Carlson, Greg Abbott Take Wrecking Ball to Biden s Pandemic Plans
On 12/18/20 at 11:26 AM EST
Two of the nation s most influential conservatives recent comments on COVID-19 could spell trouble for President-elect Joe Biden s plans to tackle the ongoing the pandemic when he comes to office in January.
Fox News host Tucker Carlson criticized the potential rollout of a COVID vaccine during his prime time show on Thursday and suggested it could be used as a form of social control, while Texas Governor Greg Abbott argued that statewide shutdowns haven t worked and shouldn t be imposed any further.
Biden s plan relies on individuals and state governments voluntarily following federal guidelines to stop the spread of the virus until the number of people vaccinated reaches the critical mass required to control the disease.
It really is over now : The 24 hours that likely thwarted Trump s effort to overturn the election Joey Garrison, USA TODAY
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WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump s unprecedented effort to overturn the presidential election likely died in a 24-hour span capped Tuesday morning by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell recognizing Joe Biden as the president-elect.
Any Republican efforts in Congress to reject Biden s victory now would almost certainly lack enough support in the Senate to go anywhere. The legal avenues for pursuing a change in the outcome of the 2020 election have closed, said Rebecca Green, director of William and Mary School of Law s election law program. It s not for lack of trying. There s just a lack of evidence of irregularities in this election.
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