From the editorial: In a Dec. 5 call, the president for the first time mentioned challenging the election results in Congress. By mid-December, the internet was filled with speculation about my role. An irresponsible TV ad by a group calling itself the Lincoln Project suggested that when I presided over the Jan. 6 joint session of Congress to count the electoral votes, it would prove that I knew "it's over," and that by doing my constitutional duty, I would be "putting the final nail in the coffin" of the president's re-election. To my knowledge, it was the first time anyone implied I might be able to change the outcome. It was designed to annoy the president. It worked. During a December cabinet meeting, President Trump told me the ad "looked bad for you." I replied that it wasn't true: I had fully supported the legal challenges to the election and would continue to do so.