U.S. attorney to resign, return to private practice Bobby Christine (Source: WRDW) By Jeremy Turnage | February 9, 2021 at 12:47 PM EST - Updated February 9 at 12:47 PM
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - U.S. Attorney Bobby Christine will be one of several dozen President Donald Trump-appointed lawyers to resign.
It’s customary as a new administration comes to take the reins of power in Washington to ask a slew of previous administration attorneys to submit their resignations.
Several reports say that 56 Trump-appointed attorneys are expected to be asked to resign by the Department of Justice.
Christine was one of those 56. His resignation is effective Tuesday, his office said in a statement.
Gohmert appeals Pence lawsuit to SCOTUS Rep. Louis Gohmert, R - Texas, and a group of Arizona electors filed a suit against Vice President Mike Pence regarding the election. (Source: CNN/pool) By Stewart Smith | January 6, 2021 at 11:27 AM CST - Updated January 7 at 1:34 AM
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Tyler) wants the United States Supreme Court to review his lawsuit against Vice President Mike Pence, which was rejected by a federal judge upon submission and subsequent appeal last week.
Judge Jeremy Kernodle, a President Donald Trump-appointed district judge in Tyler, rejected the suit on Friday, Jan. 1 declaring a lack of subject matter jurisdiction in his order of dismissal. The suit was then sent to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, which dismissed it in short order, providing only a single paragraph opinion on Saturday evening.
Gohmert says election lawsuit has definite chance to prevail
WATCH: US Rep. Gohmert discusses lawsuit against Vice President Pence By Stewart Smith | December 30, 2020 at 11:22 AM CST - Updated December 31 at 12:51 AM
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Tyler) attempted to reach a deal with Vice President Mike Pence regarding the Jan. 6 election certification, according to new court filings.
On Monday it was reported that Gohmert, along with several other plaintiffs, had filed suit against Pence in an effort to prevent him from counting the Electoral College votes and formally declaring President-elect Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 election. However, a second filing – which also contains a request to expedite the suit which was granted by District Judge Jeremy Kernodle – indicates that Gohmert made contact with Pence’s legal counsel before the suit was filed, possibly in an attempt to cut a deal of some kind.
Gohmert sues VP Pence over role in declaring Biden as winner of election FILE PHOTO U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert speaks to a KLTV 7 reporter on Oct. 30, 2018 in Tyler, Texas. By Stewart Smith | December 28, 2020 at 11:43 AM CST - Updated December 29 at 1:32 AM
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Tyler) has filed a lawsuit against Vice President Mike Pence in the hopes of delivering the election to President Trump.
Gohmert’s suit alleges that any action taken by Pence on Jan. 6 to formally declare Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 presidential election will be fraudulent. The suit states “This civil action seeks an expedited declaratory judgment finding that the elector dispute resolution provisions in Section 15 of the Electoral Count Act, 3 U.S.C. §§ 5 and 15, are unconstitutional because these provisions violate the Electors Clause and the Twelfth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.”