US Vice President Mike Pence refused to change the election results at the behest of the current head of state Donald Trump , reports The New York Times citing its sources.
According to the American publication, the vice president told Trump that he did not have the necessary powers to suspend the approval of electoral votes at a joint session US Congress January 6th. Pence, as President of the Senate, will preside over this session, during which Congressmen will have to officially confirm the victory of the candidate from Democratic Party at the November 3 elections Joe Biden a>.
Earlier, Trump said that the vice president has the right to revise the results of the presidential elections. According to the president, Pence has all the powers necessary to invalidate electors who have been fraudulently elected in disputed states.
On November 3, 2020, the next presidential elections were held in the United States. The counting of votes and the proceedings on this issue are still ongoing. According to the media, Biden received the necessary number of electoral votes to win, thus surpassing the current American leader Donald Trump. The democrat has already proclaimed himself the elected president of the United States. Trump, in turn, said that Biden was quick to call himself the country’s new leader.