Trump Corruption

Bloomberg News reports: Federal officials have said states will receive initial deliveries of the two vaccines within 24 hours of regulatory approval. Pfizer’s vaccine may be approved as soon as next week, Vice President Mike Pence has said. Each shot will be tracked by a computer system at HHS built by Palantir Technologies Inc. and Oracle Corp., another senior administration …

CNN reports: There is a sense developing within Donald Trump’s legal team and what remains of his campaign staff that their efforts to overturn or delay the results of the election are coming to an end, multiple sources tell CNN, despite what the President has said publicly. Trump said in a 46-minute video released last week that they would continue …

Via email from right wing columnist Erick Erickson: On social media, more than 10,000 people have shared the results of a forensic audit in Ware County, Georgia. I keep getting asked about it. Voting machines were seized and a court-ordered audit happened. It turns out the machines really were throwing votes for Trump to Biden. In the test of the …

“What we see here is fraud perpetrated against the people of Pennsylvania, against the American people and the Electoral College process by politicians who violated the constitution repeatedly, who violated the rule of law by a rogue state Supreme Court. “Unless the U.S. Supreme Court exercises legitimacy their power of judicial review, we have a potential constitutional crisis in the …

The Hill reports: Ivanka Trump is sharing a photo of President Trump that shows him smiling alongside the past commanders in chief depicted on Mount Rushmore. Trump’s 39-year-old daughter, a White House senior adviser, tweeted the photo on Monday. The snapshot appeared similar to one the president had tweeted in August, when he denied a New York Times report that …

Via press release from the White House: First Lady Melania Trump is pleased to announce the completion of the new White House tennis pavilion. The project included the refurbishment of the White House Tennis Court and Grandchildren’s Garden along with construction of the new building. Planning for the project began in early 2018. In June of 2019, the project was …

The Detroit Free Press reports: Rudy Giuliani tested positive for COVID-19, President Donald Trump announced on Twitter Sunday, four days after Trump’s attorney appeared in Lansing for a four-hour committee hearing on the Nov. 3 election. During the meeting, 76-year-old Giuliani didn’t wear a mask while he addressed Michigan lawmakers — some of whom also didn’t have masks on. At …

The Washington Post reports: Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) on Monday said his office would recertify the state’s election results, reaffirming Biden’s victory after a second statewide recount of presidential votes. The presidential ballots in Georgia have now been counted three times. The latest recount, which was done at the request of the Trump campaign, entailed a rescan …

Axios reports: President Trump is considering a made-for-TV grand finale: a White House departure on Marine One and final Air Force One flight to Florida for a political rally opposite Joe Biden’s inauguration, sources familiar with the discussions tell Axios. Why it matters: The former network star is privately discussing using his waning powers as commander in chief to order …

The New York Times reports: Attorney General William P. Barr is considering stepping down before President Trump’s term ends next month, according to three people familiar with this thinking. One said Mr. Barr could announce his departure before the end of the year. It was not clear whether the attorney general’s deliberations were influenced by Mr. Trump’s refusal to concede …

The Scotsman reports: Scotland on Sunday can reveal a significant spike in the bill being picked up by American taxpayers for the outgoing first family’s dealings in Scotland on behalf of the US president’s private firm. Mr Trump’s flagship Turnberry resort has been paid nearly £25,000 by his own government to cover accommodation costs for Secret Service agents assigned to …

Business Insider reports: Builders are making renovations to President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence and First Lady Melania Trump is inspecting schools as the first family considers Florida as their next home. Melania Trump is also planning and has reportedly been looking for schools in the area for 14-year-old Barron to attend. “They have looked all over Palm Beach County and neighboring …

The Detroit Free Press reports: A judge issued a preliminary order Friday requiring Antrim County to preserve its election records and allow forensic photos to be taken from 22 county precinct tabulators used in the Nov. 3 election, but the case is not related to the disputed presidential contest. Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, claimed on Twitter Friday …

Mediaite reports: The spoof was focused around Melissa Carone, a contractor for Dominion, who used a Michigan hearing on Wednesday as a platform to make outlandish claims of voter fraud in a back-and-forth with a GOP lawmaker. Immediately, social media users compared the viral clip to an SNL skit and it was only Wednesday. Saturday’s skit had an array of …

The Washington Post reports: Two historian groups, an independent archive and a watchdog organization are suing President Trump and other administration officials to ensure compliance with records laws, the groups announced this week. With Trump facing “potential legal and financial exposure once he leaves office,” the groups said, “there is a growing risk that he will destroy records of his …

The New York Times reports: Taking the stage for his first rally as a lame duck president, Mr. Trump immediately, and falsely, claimed victory in the presidential race. “You know we won Georgia, just so you understand,” he said. “They cheated and rigged our presidential election, but we’ll still win,” Mr. Trump said, offering no evidence but nonetheless prompting about …

The Washington Post reports: President Trump called Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) on Saturday morning to urge him to persuade the state legislature to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the state and asked the governor to order an audit of absentee ballot signatures, the latest brazen effort by the president to interfere in the 2020 election. Hours before he …

The Associated Press reports: President Trump on Saturday demanded to know who the congressional Republicans were that acknowledged President-elect Joe Biden as the winner of the presidential election. The president continues to promote claims, without evidence, that the election was rampant with voter fraud. However, Trump is growing isolated in his claims, and he has targeted Republicans that break from …

The Guardian reports: Donald Trump will return to the campaign trail on Saturday – not, notionally at least, in his quixotic and doomed attempt to deny defeat by Joe Biden, but in support of two Republicans who face January run-offs which will decide control of the US Senate. The president and first lady Melania Trump were due to appear at …

“The reason I went to the state legislatures, Sean, is because I saw what the courts were doing and I wanted to go around them so the facts could get out. Georgia court wouldn’t have allowed us to put those witnesses on. “The legislature did, in Michigan the same thing. We had two Democrat judges and they weren’t allowing us …