Wednesday, after a woman who was among the invaders was shot and killed by Capitol Police during the riot, and three other people died from medical emergencies. Trump pressured Pence to void Biden's win unilaterally by refusing to approve some ballots for the Democrat.īut Pence, in a letter released Wednesday, refused to do so, saying he did not have such power as the presiding officer in the joint session of Congress to toss out ballots.Ĭongress began the process of counting Electoral College votes Wednesday afternoon.īut that proceeding was interrupted for about six hours by a mob that stormed the Capitol and breached its buildings in anger over Trump's loss in the election, and their belief that he was the victim of ballot fraud.
Scores of his Republican allies in Congress said they would object to the acceptance of electors from states that gave Biden his margin of victory.
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