Yellowhammer Times

U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) says Congress will have the final say when it comes to determining if President-elect Joe Biden will be declared the official winner of the election.

Brooks told The New York Times that he was planning to challenge the Electoral College’s official certification when Congress reconvenes on Jan. 6, AL.com reported. 

When Congress reconvenes, it will officially count the votes from the Electoral College and will officially declare the winner.

Brooks said lawmakers have the final verdict.

“We have a superior role under the Constitution than the Supreme Court does, than any federal court judge does, than any state court judge does,” Brooks said, the news media reported. “What we say, goes. That’s the final verdict.”

The U.S. Supreme Court has already rejected a challenge by the state of Texas that was attempting to invalidate the results of four swing states. There were 17 states that supported that lawsuit.

The Electoral College met this week to formally elect President-elect Joe Biden.

“My No. 1 goal is to fix a badly flawed American election system that too easily permits voter fraud and election theft,” Brooks told the New York Times. “A possible bonus from achieving that goal is that Donald Trump would win the Electoral College officially, as I believe he in fact did if you only count lawful votes by eligible American citizens and exclude all illegal votes.”

Brooks told the news media that Biden received the bulk of absentee ballots and that there were some that were collected outside of the 24-hour period of Election Day. He said absentee voting was subject to fraud.

Brooks said he will need a senator to join him so that he can lodge a complaint when Congress reconvenes. Two senators, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Rand Paul of Kentucky, have already said they would be open to doing so with Brooks.

After the objection is heard, both chambers will hold two-hour debates before voting on whether or not to disqualify a state’s votes. Both chambers also have to agree to void the state’s results.

There have been similar challenges like Brooks’ filed in 1969, 2001, 2005 and 2017.