Pence, as president of the Senate, will oversee the session Wednesday and declare the winner of the White House race. It asserted that the vice president "may exercise the exclusive authority and sole discretion in determining which electoral votes to count for a given State." The Justice Department represented Pence in a case that aimed to find a way to keep his boss, President Donald Trump, in power. "A suit to establish that the Vice President has discretion over the count, filed against the Vice President, is a walking legal contradiction," the department argued. Trump and his allies have filed roughly 50 lawsuits challenging election results, and nearly all have been dismissed or dropped.

Source: Fox News January 02, 2021 05:37 UTC