Johnson, Lee don't plan to challenge Electoral College results
By Jonathan Easley - 12/16/20 12:50 PM EST
Two key allies to President Trump in the Senate say they do not plan to challenge the Electoral College results when Congress meets to certify the election on Jan. 6, dealing a blow to the president’s long-shot efforts to overturn the outcome.
Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) do not currently plan to join an effort spearheaded by Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) to throw out election totals in five battleground states.
A spokesman for Lee told The Hill that the senator has “no plan to do so.â€
Johnson, the Homeland Security Chairman who is overseeing a hearing on Wednesday about election fraud, told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel that something new would have to surface that would “call into question the legitimacy of the election†for him to join the House Republicans advocating for a revolt.
There are still a few conservative Senators that have not made their intentions known. The Hill has reached out to the offices of Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) requesting comment.
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