Donald Trump and Mike Pence
US President Donald Trump called Vice President Mike Pence's refusal to change the election results for the presidency a lie. This is stated in the statement of the American leader, RIA Novosti reports.
“He never said that. The vice president and I fully agree that the vice president has the authority to act, ”Trump said. The president called the New York Times report that Pence's rejection was “fake news.”
Earlier, the American publication, citing sources, reported that the US Vice President told Trump that he lacked the necessary powers to suspend the approval of electoral votes at a joint session of the US Congress on January 6. Pence, as President of the Senate, will preside over this session, in which Congressmen will be required to formally confirm the victory of Democratic candidate Joe Biden.
On November 3, 2020, regular 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 in a hurry to call himself the country's new leader.
