A number of Republicans have said they will challenge the certification of some states in a last-ditch attempt to either negate Biden’s win or delay the certification of his victory. Other Republicans, however, have called the effort misguided.
Trump’s attempts to stall or overturn the election verdict are not likely to succeed, however. On Wednesday, Vice President Mike Pence, who is under pressure from Trump to overturn the results, said he had no power to reverse the President’s defeat.
“It is my considered judgment that my oath to support and defend the Constitution constrains me from claiming unilateral authority to determine which electoral votes should be counted and which should not,” Pence said in a letter to Congress preceding the event, he said.
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