Joint Session of Congress to Count Electoral Votes
A Joint Session of Congress is scheduled today to count the electoral ballots for President and Vice President of the United States.
To watch the session, please go here.
Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday publicly broke with President Donald Trump, saying in a letter to Congress that he cannot submit to demands he overthrow the results of the election, according to CNN.
More from the same report:
Pence formalized his views in a letter to lawmakers, declaring he has no “unilateral authority to decide presidential contests” and could not change the results of the election.
“It is my considered judgement 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,” he wrote.
It was the final word from Pence before he presided over a joint session of Congress to tally the Electoral College votes.
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