Lawyers representing Rep. Louie Gohmert
Louis (Louie) Buller Gohmert GOP lawmaker sues Pence in an attempt to overthrow Biden in Alabama’s victory in positive Republican tests for COVID-19 Pelosi warns lawmakers that they will be prevented from speaking in plenary without a mask (R-Texas) and Arizona’s 11 Republican voters revealed in a court case on Tuesday that Vice President Pence rejected his request to join the attempt to subvert the presidential election results.
Gohmert and voters filed a lawsuit against Pence on Monday in an attempt to argue that the vice president has exclusive authority to determine which presidential voters Congress will count on when certifying the election results. The far-fetched case essentially asks the court to grant Pence the authority on Jan. 6 to override the results in undecided states like Arizona and have Congress count only pro-Trump voters, rather than elected presidents. Joe Biden
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In new court documents made public on Tuesday, the claimants revealed that they had contacted Pence before filing the lawsuit in an attempt to join forces, but that their negotiations did not reach any kind of agreement.
“In the conference call, the Claimants’ attorney made a significant attempt to resolve the underlying legal issues by agreement, including advising the Vice President’s lawyer that the Claimants intended to seek immediate injunctive relief in case the parties disagreed,” Gohmert’s lawyers and what voters said in the process. “These discussions were unsuccessful in reaching an agreement and this process has been moved.”
The revelation came in a lawsuit in which Gohmert’s lawyers were seeking an accelerated timeline for a decision that would attempt to pressure US District Judge Jeremy Kernodle of the Eastern District of Texas to decide the case by January 4, two days before certification.
The decision by Pence, one of President Trump’s most fervent supporters, marks one of the most notable breaks from his boss, who pressured lawmakers to challenge Congress’ certification of Electoral College results. Pence will oversee the joint session on January 6, during which Biden will be recognized by Congress as the winner in the White House elections, although the role is largely ceremonial.
Pence made no public comment indicating how he plans to deal with the joint January 6 session of Congress, nor did he comment on Trump’s relentless pressure campaign urging lawmakers to reverse the results of the Electoral College.
Trump’s efforts to influence Electoral College certification come after a wide-ranging legal campaign to overturn the results in individual states for allegations of largely unsuccessful electoral fraud and irregularities. Virtually all Republican Party cases have been brought to court for lack of evidence or legitimacy.