JUST IN: Former VP Pence rejects former President Trump's claim that he could have 'overturned' the results of the 2020 election, saying, 'The presidency belongs to the American people and the American people alone.'
The process was interrupted when a mob of Trump supporters attacked the Capitol in a bid to scuttle the certification, including some who were chanting for Pence to be killed.
Trump has continued to criticize Pence publicly for not trying to block the certification of the presidential vote. In a statement Sunday, Trump pointed to recent efforts in Congress to strengthen the Electoral Count Act as proof that Pence could have acted unilaterally. “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. Unfortunately, he didn’t exercise that power, he could have overturned the Election!” Trump said in a statement.In another statement Tuesday, Trump said the House committee probing the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol “should be investigating” why Pence “did not send back the votes for recertification or approval.
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