Trump's endgame for the next month

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41. Pence doesn't make "determinations".

One of several sealed copies of each state's certified electoral college results are delivered by registered mail to Pence, but he can't mess with them because identical copies are delivered to the state's Secretary of state, the archivist of the United States and a district court judge for the district where the electors gathered. On January 6, Pence opens the envelopes and hand them to "tellers" appointed by the House and Senate. The tellers announce the vote for each state. Pence then asks if there are objections. If a written objection, subscribed to by one House member and one Senator, are presented to Pence, he directs the House and Senate to separate and consider the objection for no more than two hours, with no member allowed to speak for more than five minutes. Then everyone reconvenes and the results of the vote take by each body is announced. If one or both bodies reject the objection, then the votes as announced are counted.

To the extent a bunch of yahoos have sent their own "certified" electoral vote to Pence (with copies to the archives, secretary of state, and district court), the House and Senate are required to disregard that "certification" if it isn't attested to by the governor (and no governor has certified a second vote).

In short, the most that Trump's fools can do is drag out the inevitable, which is Pence announcing that Biden and Harris have been elected President and Vice President.