WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Vice President Mike Pence talk during a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. Congress held a joint session today to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump. A group of Republican senators said they would reject the Electoral College votes of several states unless Congress appointed a commission to audit the election results. (Photo by J. Scott Applewhite-Pool/Getty Images)
Before counting and certifying the electoral votes before a joint session of Congress, Vice President Mike Pence released a letter saying he would not interfere in the count.
In the letter Pence writes:
“It is my considered judgment that my oath to support and defend the Constitution constrains me from claiming unilateral authority to determine which electoral votes should be counted and which should not.”
At a rally of his supporters, Trump continued to urge Pence to reject the electoral vote.