| | | Trump admits for the first time he wanted Pence to 'overturn the election' during the January 6 joint session and slams VP for not 'exercising his power'Former President Donald Trump suggested Sunday night that he wanted former Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the 2020 election Pence chaired the counting of Electoral College votes on January 6, 2021, which was interrupted when Trump's supporters mobbed the Capitol Building In a statement Sunday, Trump pointed to efforts to change the Electoral Count Act, to make it clear the VP can't override the will of the voters 'Actually, what they are saying, is that Mike Pence did have the right to change the outcome, and they now want to take that right away,' Trump wrote Trump then added, 'Unfortunately, he didn't exercise that power, he could have overturned the Election!' The January 6 select committee is looking into a scheme to send slates of fake, pro-Trump electors to the National Archives The hope was that Pence would choose those slates of electors over legitimate Electoral College members when presiding over the vote count Pence sent out a statement in the run-up to the count that said he did not believe he had the power to do that as vice president By NIKKI SCHWAB, SENIOR U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 09:58 EST, 31 January 2022 | UPDATED: 10:05 EST, 31 January 2022 |
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