evidence: Politico | Donald Trump pressures Mike Pence to throw out US election results – even though he can’t - ‘The Vice President has the power to reject fraudulently chosen electors,’ Trump tweets - Pence is expected to preside over a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, when lawmakers will count Electoral College votes affirming Joe Biden’s win [...] US President Donald Trump pressured Vice-President Mike Pence publicly on Tuesday to reject the results of the Electoral College when they come before Congress on Wednesday, part of Trump’s doomed-to-fail, last-ditch effort to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. "The Vice President has the power to reject fraudulently chosen electors," Trump tweeted on Tuesday.