Rudy Giuliani says he is ready to plan next steps for the fight to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. The former New York City mayor traveled to Palm Beach, Florida, on Wednesday night, as did President Trump, who is staying at his private club, Mar-a-Lago, for the Christmas holiday. Upon exiting the airport, Giuliani said … Read more
CNN’s Jim Acosta said Sunday that he and numerous other White House correspondents have received death threats from supporters of the president while covering the Trump administration. “I am not the only reporter who covered this White House who has had death threats,” Acosta said on CNN’s “Reliable Sources” Sunday. “We can’t be at a place in … Read more
A USA Today/Suffolk University poll released Thursday found that while 96% of Democrats believe Joe Biden was legitimately elected President, only 20% of Republicans feel the same way. Asked if Trump should concede the election to Biden, 95% of Democrats agreed compared to only 37% of Republicans. A 57% majority of Republicans said Trump should … Read more
Vice President Pence was sued Sunday by Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) and several other Republicans in a far-fetched bid that appeared aimed at overturning President-elect Joe Biden’s election win. The lawsuit focuses on Pence’s role in an upcoming Jan. 6 meeting of Congress to count states’ electoral votes and finalize Biden’s victory over President Trump. Typically, the vice president’s … Read more
In a new piece for the Financial Times, legal scholar Laurence Tribe claims Trump could be criminally prosecuted for his pardons, arguing “if Mr Trump abuses pardons to shield himself and key allies from justice, that could be charged as criminal obstruction of justice, an abuse of the constitutional power of clemency to accomplish an … Read more