The Latest: Johnson insists vote challenge helps democracy

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the new session of Congress (all times local):
10:30 a.m.
Sen. Ron Johnson is insisting that the extraordinary effort by congressional Republicans to challenge Joe Biden’s presidential victory is not intended to thwart the democratic process but “to protect it.”
In a interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press,” the Wisconsin senator pointed to an “unsustainable state of affairs” where he claimed that many people in t