More than a dozen House Republicans joined Rep. Mo Brooks in sending a letter to House and Senate leaders urging election fraud hearings ahead of the Jan. 6 Electoral College count in Congress.
“18 House colleagues joined me in sending a letter to @senatemajldr, @SpeakerPelosi, and various House & Senate committee chairs seeking election fraud hearings ahead of the Jan 6th Electoral College vote submissions,” the Alabama Republican tweeted Thursday, along with copies of the letter signed by 18 of his colleagues seeking hearings on the integrity of the 2020 election.
Under the Constitution and federal statutes, Congress is responsible for resolving all federal election contests for President, the Senate and the House. https://t.co/qoyUDqhsmI
— Mo Brooks (@RepMoBrooks) December 17, 2020
Brooks, a vocal supporter of President Trump, has been floating a plan since earlier this month to challenge the November election results.
That plan involves Brooks gaining support from at least one senator after he moves to challenge the electoral votes of several states when Congress convenes next month.
“I’m cautiously optimistic that there will be one or more United States senators who will fight to reject voter fraud and election theft,” Brooks told Washington Secrets this week.
“Ultimately, whether a senator acts on behalf of our country will be determined by whether that senator’s employers, the American people, have made it known to the senators that this is a litmus test issue,” Brooks added. “Either you fight for America, or voters never vote for them again and fight against them.”
The Electoral College vote earlier this week went in favor of President-elect Joe Biden, and all major news networks have called the race for Biden as president. However, Trump has continued to explore his legal options and maintains that widespread voter fraud cost him the election.
On Thursday, Trump adviser Peter Navarro released an extensive report outlining six dimensions of voter fraud that he concludes is “more than sufficient to swing the outcome in favor of President Trump should even a relatively small portion of these ballots be ruled illegal.”
Earlier this week, Trump said in a tweet that it’s “too soon to give up” fighting the election results after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell congratulated Biden on the Electoral College victory.
However, Biden has slammed claims of voter fraud, saying this week, “The court sent a clear signal to President Trump that they would be no part of an unprecedented assault on our democracy.”
