The Court of Appeal rejects Louis Gomert’s case asking Mike Pence to intervene in the electoral college vote count

Gomart’s lawsuit was part of the Republican Party’s desperate and unusual attempt to overturn the presidential election, using baseless and unproven allegations of mass voter fraud and accusing several of the winning states President-elect Joe Biden had unlawfully changed voting rules due to the pandemic.

Gommert and a list of potential Trump voters from Arizona said that only Pence can determine the important electoral votes – a notable argument that vice presidents can directly determine the winner of the presidential election, regardless of the results.

“The lawsuit to prove that the vice president has discretion over the charge against the vice president is an easy legal contradiction,” Pence said.

“Ironically, Representative Gomert’s position, if adopted by the court, would effectively deny him his opportunity as a member of the House of Representatives under the Electoral Counting Act to present objections to the electoral vote count, then debate and vote on it,” Pence’s file was added.

CNN contacted Pence for comment.

“An honest and reliable audit – conducted quickly and ends before January 20 – would significantly improve Americans’ confidence in our election process and greatly enhance the legitimacy of anyone who will become our next president. We owe that to the people,” said a group of 11 lawmakers from Republican Party in a statement.

They added that the Congressional vote on January 6 was “the only remaining constitutional authority to consider and enforce a solution to the multiple allegations of serious voter fraud.”

There were no credible allegations of any problems with voting that would affect the elections, as confirmed by dozens of state and federal courts, governors, state election officials, and the Ministries of Homeland Security and Justice.