Attorneys who Rep. Louie Gohmert
Louis (Louie) Buller GohmertGOP legislator demands Pence to overthrow Biden and wins Alabama Republican tests positive for COVID-19 Pelosi warns lawmakers to be banned from speaking on the floor without wearing a mask MORE (R-Texas) and Arizona’s 11 GOP voters announced in a courtroom Tuesday that Vice President Pence has rejected their request to participate in their bid to undermine the outcome of the presidential election.
Gohmert and voters filed a lawsuit against Pence on Monday in an attempt to argue that the vice president has sole power to determine which presidential voters will count Congress when the election results are confirmed. The far-fetched case essentially asks the court to give Pence the power on January 6 to dominate the results in swing states like Arizona and that Congress only elect Trump’s election instead of the president-elect. Joe Biden
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In new court documents released Tuesday, the plaintiffs announced that they had reached out to Pence before filing their case in an attempt to join forces, but that their talks had not reached any form of agreement.
“In the teleconference, the claim of advocates made a meaningful effort to resolve the underlying legal issues by agreement, including the advice to the advocate of the vice-president that the plaintiffs intend to seek immediate relief if the parties do not do not agree, ”said Gohmert and the lawyers. voters in the submission said. “These discussions do not succeed in reaching an agreement, and this lawsuit has been filed.”
The revelation was made in an application in which Gohmert’s lawyers are seeking an expedited schedule for a decision to try to force U.S. District Judge Jeremy Kernodle of the Eastern District of Texas to try the case by Jan. 4, two days before the certification. definitely.
The decision by Pence, one of President Trump’s most ardent loyalists, is one of the most striking quarrels with his boss, which has forced lawmakers to challenge Congress’ certification of the outcome of the election college. Pence will oversee the joint session on Jan. 6, during which Biden will be recognized by Congress as the winner in the White House election, though the role is largely ceremonial.
Pence made no public remarks indicating how he intends to handle the January 6 joint sitting of Congress.
Trump’s efforts to influence Electoral College certification come after an extensive legal campaign to overturn the results in individual states over allegations of voter fraud and irregularities largely failed. Virtually all the IDP cases were thrown in court due to lack of evidence or status.