Johnson led over 100 GOP lawmakers in backing a lawsuit challenging the results.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson listens during a meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the Capitol on Oct. 26, 2023 in Washington, D.C.Newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson is drawing fresh scrutiny for having played a key -- if somewhat lower-profile -- role in trying to overturn President Joe Biden's 2020 election victory.
"I have just called President Trump to say this: 'Stay strong and keep fighting, sir! The nation is depending upon your resolve. We must exhaust every available legal remedy to restore Americans' trust in the fairness of our election system,'" Johnson"President Trump called me last night and I was encouraged to hear his continued resolve to ensure that every LEGAL vote gets properly counted and that all instances of fraud and illegality are investigated and prosecuted.
Among other things, Johnson raised the unfounded theory that voting machines from Dominion were "rigged" and had ties to Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez, who was dead, echoing conspiracy theories floated by Trump supporters such as Sidney Powell, a former Trump lawyer who ultimately pleaded guilty to state charges in Georgia over her efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.
"What did was he went to the courts. That's what the courts are set up for. And it's absolutely appropriate," Buck said Wednesday. "It's fundamentally different than somebody who is actively involved in moving the protesters from the Mall up here, actively involved in arguing with the White House counsel's office about how we could decertify the election, two completely different things.
The Electoral College Act more clearly defines the role of the the vice president in presiding over the congressional joint session in counting of electoral votes.
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