US election: Legal bid to get Pence to overturn results rejected - 0 views
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The latest in a series of attempts by allies of President Donald Trump to overturn the November US election result has failed.
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Texas judge rejected the case, brought by Republican Louie Gohmert, seeking to stop Vice-President Mike Pence from certifying the final result.
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Congressman Gohmert's case sought to allow Vice-President Mike Pence to reject some electoral college votes when they are ratified by Congress on 6 January.
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Mr Gohmert's case aimed to expand that role to allow Mr Pence to cast judgement on the validity of the votes and potentially replace votes for Mr Biden with ones for Mr Trump.But Judge Jeremy Kernodle, who was appointed to the Texas court in 2018 by Mr Trump, rejected the case, saying it was based on speculative events.
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a small number including Senator Josh Hawley, say they plan to object. But their vote is not expected to change the outcome.