evidence: In a tweet Tuesday, the president was even blunter, incorrectly claiming, "The Vice President has the power to reject fraudulently chosen electors." [...] "The only responsibility and power of the Vice President under the Constitution is to faithfully count the electoral college votes as they have been cast," Luttig wrote. "The Constitution does not empower the Vice President to alter in any way the votes that have been cast, either by rejecting certain of them or otherwise." [...] During their weekly lunch Tuesday, Pence explicitly told Trump that he does not believe he has the authority to block the congressional certification of Biden’s electoral victory, according to a White House official. But Trump issued a statement later Tuesday denying the conversation, which was first reported by the New York Times, claiming "the Vice President and I are in total agreement that the Vice President has the power to act."