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If the Electoral College did not achieve a decisive majority, then the House of Representatives was to choose the president from among the top five candidates, [47] [citation needed] ensuring selection of a presiding officer administering the laws would have both ability and good character. Hamilton was also concerned about somebody unqualified ...
President-elect Donald Trump formally won the Electoral College Tuesday as Republican electors affirmed his victory in the Nov. 5 election — with the final certification by Congress on Jan. 6 ...
The count of the Electoral College ballots during a joint session of the 115th United States Congress, pursuant to the Electoral Count Act, on January 6, 2017, was the final step to confirm then-President-elect Donald Trump's victory in the 2016 presidential election over Hillary Clinton.
President-elect Trump has clinched the necessary number of Electoral College votes to become the next occupant of the White House, teeing up the official certification of his victory before ...
The Trump fake electors plot was a scheme to submit illegitimate certificates of ascertainment to falsely claim U.S. president Donald Trump had won the Electoral College vote in certain states, following Trump's loss in the 2020 United States presidential election.
The House floor convenes before a joint session of the House and Senate convenes to count the Electoral College votes on January 6, 2021. ... simply because President-elect Donald Trump won the ...
On December 11, Democratic US Representative Jim Himes of Connecticut wrote on Twitter that Trump is "completely unhinged" and "the Electoral College must do what it was designed for." [40] Himes said he made the plea to the Electoral College because Trump refused to say that the Russians hacked Democrats during the election. [41]
Most recently, Trump beat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election despite earning nearly 3 million votes less overall, marking the fifth time in U.S. history that a candidate has become ...