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Gohmert s lawsuit, joined by other House Republicans, served as a long-shot attempt at carrying out the president s wishes to overturn the November election results, which his legal advisers have sought to do for weeks while alleging fraud in key battleground states such as Georgia, Pennsylvania and Michigan.
A federal appeals court on Saturday dismissed a lawsuit by Gohmert and other Republicans that sought to expand Pence s legal authority to effectively overturn President-elect Joe Biden
The congressman s remarks come ahead of a Jan. 6 rally planned for the streets of Washington, D.C., a last-ditch effort by supporters of Trump to show opposition to Congress s certification of the Electoral College vote, set to take place the same day.