US President Donald Trump has denied the validity of the New York Times report that his deputy, Mike Pence, has told him that he does not have the power to block congressional approval of President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the presidential election.
Trump said in a statement that he and Vice President Pence fully agreed that the Vice President had the authority to act.
He added that the vice president has many options under the constitution, and he can cancel the ratification of the results or send them back to the states for amendment and ratification.
Pence announced that he "shared with millions of Americans their concerns about fraud in the presidential elections," and welcomed efforts to oppose congressional approval for them.
In a statement issued by Mark Short, the vice president's chief of staff, Pence said he shared millions of Americans' concerns about fraud and imbalances.
It also welcomed the efforts made by Republican members of Congress to challenge the election results, pursuant to the authority conferred on them by law.
And the Washington Post previously published a report saying that the US vice president is under intense pressure from Trump, some Republican politicians and "hard-line supporters" to block the procedures for declaring Biden winning the presidency.
And she reported that some hard-line Trump supporters say that Pence will be a traitor if he does not obstruct the procedures in some way, noting that there is no clear way to do so even if he wants Pence, but such demands increase the pressure on him, and he is unlikely to escape their anger or anger. Trump.
A tribute to the protesters
On the other hand, US President Trump praised the demonstrators in Washington, by tweeting.
Trump said that Washington is full of people who do not want to see that the electoral victory has been stolen by what he called "radical left democrats."
He expressed his hope that Democrats and "the weak and ineffective Republicans who call themselves Republicans" will see the thousands pouring into Washington.
Trump referred to the "Antifa" movement, saying it was a terrorist organization, and called on it to stay outside Washington, stressing that law enforcement forces were watching it closely.