Posted on 12/30/2020 5:57:58 AM PST by Red Badger
Lawyers representing Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) and Arizona’s 11 GOP electors disclosed in a court filing Tuesday that Vice President Pence rejected their request to join their attempt to subvert the results of the presidential election.
Gohmert and the electors filed suit against Pence on Monday in an attempt to argue that the vice president has sole authority to determine which presidential electors Congress will count when it certifies the results of the election. The far-fetched suit essentially asks the court to grant Pence the authority on Jan. 6 to overrule the results in swing states such as Arizona and have Congress count only pro-Trump electors instead of the ones President-elect Joe Biden won.
In new court filings made public Tuesday, the plaintiffs disclosed that they had reached out to Pence before filing their suit in an attempt to join forces but that their talks did not reach any kind of agreement.
“In the teleconference, Plaintiffs' counsel made a meaningful attempt to resolve the underlying legal issues by agreement, including advising the Vice President's counsel that Plaintiffs intended to seek immediate injunctive relief in the event the parties did not agree,” lawyers for Gohmert and the electors said in the filing. “Those discussions were not successful in reaching an agreement and this lawsuit was filed.”
The revelation was made in a filing in which Gohmert’s attorneys sought an expedited schedule for a ruling to try to press U.S. District Judge Jeremy Kernodle of the Eastern District of Texas, a Trump appointee, to decide the case by Jan. 4, two days before the certification.
The decision by Pence, one of President Trump’s most ardent loyalists, marks one of the most notable breaks with his boss, who has pushed lawmakers to challenge Congress’s certification of the Electoral College results. Pence will oversee the joint session on Jan. 6 during which Biden will be recognized by Congress as the victor in the White House election, though the role is largely ceremonial.
Pence has not made any public remarks indicating how he plans to handle the Jan. 6 joint session of Congress, nor has he commented on Trump’s unrelenting pressure campaign urging lawmakers to reverse the Electoral College results.
Trump’s efforts to influence the Electoral College certification comes after a sprawling legal campaign to overturn results in individual states on allegations of voter fraud and irregularities largely failed. Virtually all of the GOP cases were tossed in court for lack of evidence or standing.
“... their attempt to subvert the results of the presidential election.”
Overturn?
Why would anyone expect Paul Ryan’s great friend to undo the steal?
Pence is going through the motions, nothing more.
Or perhaps we should call him the next Sessions?
“Trust Sessions.”
Trusty the Plan!! 🤡
Mike Pence is a gutless SOB. He proved as much when he was governor.
I’m beginning to wonder if the “nothing can stop what’s coming” referred not to what I hoped, but to something darker.....
Overturn?
Biden is the one attempting to overturn!!
PENCE WILL NEVER BE ELECTED TO ANOTHER POLITICAL OFFICE.
Subvert? Philadelphia, Detroit, Milwaukee, Charlotte, Atlanta and Las Vegas have already subverted.
This suit would be more like a correction of sorts.
slight correction, Biden overturned the election...we need correct that,one way or the other.
He doesn’t have to be. He’s got secret service details and a government pension for the rest of his life. Who cares about elected office?
I’ve always liked Mike Pence, but I have no faith that he will take the drastic steps necessary on January 6.
}:-)4
Right? And he will serve on some boards, give some speeches.
Same. His record up until now has been definitely Conservative.
Sh*tty time to lose his convictions now...
If this rumor is true, that is.
follow the wives
“TRUST PENCE” - John “Q” Public
Pence should keep his mouth shut about what he intends to do on Jan. 6 and not show his cards.
What he does that day will prove or disprove what is being said.
I hope Trump’s plan for survival does not involve Congress. They are drooling at the idea that he will be gone.
You don't have to "overturn" anything. Just honor the will of the American people and support democracy and the rule of law.
Please do not legitimize illegitimate results for political expediency.
““TRUST PENCE” - John “Q” Public”
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