Kimberly Guilfoyle starts her rally speech exactly as she left off her RNC speech.
GIULIANI and John EASTMAN take the rally stage. They were the ones encouraging Trump to adopt the fringe theory that Pence can overturn the election results.
Rudy, making this point, incorrectly refers to the "Election Counting Act of 1887." It's the Electoral Count Act.
RUDY now says "Let's have trial by combat."
Soundtrack update; Rally now blasting Elton John's "Saturday" for the second time this morning.
TRUMP blasting "weak Republicans" and promises to "primary the hell out of the ones who don't fight."
NOTABLE: As Trump speaks, Sen. YOUNG comes out in favor of certifying the election results. He, like Pence, is from Indiana. Indiana's other GOP senator, Mike Braun, is one of the 13 who has endorsed challenging some of Biden's electors.
Also while Trump speaks, TILLIS comes out against challenging electoral college results.
Trump renews his attacks GA Gov. Kemp "weighs 130 pounds. He says he played offensive line."
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Rep. LOFGREN, who chairs the House Administration Committee, says the Capitol Police chief incorrectly told her that the National Guard was at the ready ahead of the Jan. 6 session.
"What they told me about the National Guard was just not true."
While she says most Capitol Police acted honorably and risked their lives to protect people, a handful need to be investigated for potentially letting rioters into the Capitol and, in at least one case, taking selfies with them.
LOFGREN explaining her support for a potential second Trump impeachment:
"This is about securing the United States from someone who seems to have lost it. As much as I disagree with Mike Pence, he is living in the real world."
It's 2:55 a.m. and I just figured out how Pence massaged the rules of the Electoral College counting session to avoid introducing the "rival" slates of Trump electors.
These are the instructions VPs have given out at the start in each of the last 5. Note the difference?
TLDR: The law specifies that the VP must introduce all "purported" electoral votes. This year, that might've included the unserious/mock Trump electors.
But Pence worked with the parliamentarian to interpret it so only electors backed by a state "authority" would be introduced.
Note how Pence emphasizes, before introduced each state that not only is the slate of electors "regular" and "authentic," but that the parliamentarian has advised him is the only one backed by a state "authority."
That is not a regular acknowledgment at these sessions.
BREAKING: Pence will not try to block Biden's electors
PENCE: "It is my considered judgment that my oath to support and defend the Constitution constrains me from claiming unilateral authority to determine which electoral votes should be counted and which should not."
Trump is still speaking at his rally and just minutes ago said he'd be "very disappointed" in Pence if he made this decision.
NEW: First thing’s first — Joe Biden will be certified as president sometime tonight or tomorrow.
The interim, however, could be deeply damaging to democracy as Trump loyalists seek to overturn the results and authorities hope to stave off violence.
TRUMP has fueled that fear by insisting on conspiracy theories about his loss and asserting fringe notions that Pence, who will preside today, has the power to change the outcome.
The one change between last night and this morning? The doomed Republican effort will take place against the backdrop of a Washington that’s on the verge of complete Democratic control.