In their joint statement after Friday's meeting, Michigan Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey and House of Representatives Speaker Lee Chatfield said they used the meeting to seek additional coronavirus relief for the state. They added that they had "not yet been made aware of any information that would change the outcome of the election in Michigan."
"We will follow the law and follow the normal process regarding Michigan's electors," the statement said.
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to presidential historian Michael Beschloss about what kind of historical precedent there is, if any, for President Trump's battle to overturn the 2020 election results.
Donald Trump going out with a limp seems like an oxymoron,” a senior adviser to the president told me. In width and in word, in soaring skyscrapers and Brioni suits and arena rallies and various euphemisms for great (yuge, bigly), the man has been defined by and obsessed with largeness. His presidency is ending small.
As President Trump still refuses to accept his election defeat, Travis Goodman finds himself gaming out what kind of "power grab" the outgoing president could stage, from continuing to contest the results to trying to disrupt the Electoral College process.
On my list of things to explore further in the coming weeks.