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Around a third of electors in England are eligible to vote, and more than 1,600 councillors will be elected.

Prosecutors in Arizona have already requested the findings, claiming Smith’s investigation could advance their own against eleven “fake electors” who conspired to overturn state results.

Had Mike Pence agreed to pretend that there was a legitimate controversy about the election results in the swing states where they'd recruited activists to pretend to be alternate electors they might have succeeded.

It is not the first time a losing candidate will lead the joint session of Congress to count their opponent's presidential electors - Al Gore endured the indignity in 2001 and Richard Nixon in 1961.

Loeffler had planned to vote against the certification of Georgia's electors on January 6 but relented after the riot.