evidence: The plan, which would come to be known as the "fake elector" scheme, failed, as Vice President Mike Pence refused to consider Trump’s slates of electoral certificates on the riot-punctuated day of Jan. 6, 2021. [...] Trump pressured Pence to "reject fraudulently chosen electors" and to "do the right thing" and "send it back to the states to recertify." But Pence rejected that plan. [...] Clarifying and limiting the role of the vice president. The provisions in the 2022 spending law says the vice president’s role is strictly "ministerial" — that is, ceremonial. The vice president "shall have no power to solely determine, accept, reject, or otherwise adjudicate or resolve disputes over the proper list of electors," the law says.