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  1. Suddenly, Sean Hannity and other Fox Hosts are urging their viewers to get COVID-19 vaccines Sarah Al-Arshani Tue, July 20, 2021, 3:23 AM Fox News host Sean Hannity encouraged viewers to get COVID-19 vaccines on Monday. "I can't say it enough. Enough people have died. We don't need any more death," he said. Previously, Hannity repeatedly called the pandemic a hoax. Fox News hosts, including Sean Hannity, threw their support behind COVID-19 vaccines on Monday, a sharp departure from the network's often skeptical coverage. Hannity on Monday urged viewers to get vaccinated. He encouraged them to take the pandemic "seriously" and said he believed in the "science of vaccines." "Just like we've been saying, please take COVID seriously," Hannity said on Monday. "I can't say it enough. Enough people have died. We don't need any more death." He urged viewers to "research like crazy" and come to a decision on the vaccine with their medical provider. "Take it seriously. You also have a right to medical privacy, and doctor-patient confidentiality is also important," he said. "And it absolutely makes sense for many Americans to get vaccinated. I believe in science. I believe in the science of vaccination." But before declaring his support for vaccines, Hannity was critical of universities for mandating vaccinations. The stance came in response to a federal judge's decision to uphold an Indiana University policy requiring students and staff to be fully vaccinated before returning to campus. Hannity has previously called the virus a hoax. He also repeatedly denied calling the virus a hoax, The Washington Post reported. The Hill reported that in two separate segments of "Fox & Friends," hosts Steve Doocy and Bill Hemmer spoke positively of vaccines. "If you have the chance, get the shot. It will save your life," Doocy said. Tucker Carlson was a notable exception, continuing to question the vaccines on his Monday-night show, as Insider's Tom Porter reported. He appeared to disparage other journalists who offer "medical advice on television." The switch in tone came after outlets, including The New York Times and Insider, ran stories detailing statements made by Carlson and Laura Ingraham that were against expert public-health advice on vaccines. It also came after a CNN report that, while hosts such as Carlson have attacked vaccine passports, the media corporation has rolled out its own version of a vaccine passport. In a Daily Beast op-ed early this month, Preston Padden, a former network executive who worked under Rupert Murdoch, called Fox "poison for America," blamed it for fueling vaccine hesitancy, and said it caused "unnecessary" deaths. https://www.yahoo.com/news/sean-hannity-other-fox-hosts-072301604.html GO RV, then BV
  2. Liz Cheney smacked GOP Rep. Jim Jordan's hand away when he tried to escort her during the Capitol riot, telling him, 'You f---ing did this,' book says Sinéad Baker Thu, July 15, 2021, 6:19 AM Rep. Liz Cheney. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Rep. Liz Cheney was mad at Rep. Jim Jordan during the Capitol riot on January 6, a new book says. She said he'd offered help but she'd slapped his hand and said: "Get away from me. You f---ing did this." Cheney was ousted from her House GOP post over her criticism of Trump's election-fraud lies. Rep. Liz Cheney rejected help from GOP Rep. Jim Jordan during the Capitol riot, saying he was to blame for the event, a new book said. The book, "I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year," by the Washington Post reporters Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker, described Cheney as saying she'd slapped Jordan's hand away as he tried to take her to safety on January 6, according to an excerpt published by The Daily Beast on Wednesday. According to The Daily Beast, the book said Cheney told Mark Milley, the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: "That f---ing guy Jim Jordan. That son of a b---- … While these maniacs are going through the place, I'm standing in the aisle and he said 'We need to get the ladies away from the aisle. Let me help you.' I smacked his hand away and told him, 'Get away from me. You f---ing did this.'" Republicans voted in May to remove Cheney from her high-ranking post as chair of the House Republican Conference over her criticism of Trump and Republicans who'd spread false claims about the 2020 election. Jordan, a top proponent of Trump's bogus voter-fraud claims, earlier this year refused to acknowledge that Joe Biden legitimately won the election. https://www.yahoo.com/news/liz-cheney-smacked-gop-rep-101932084.html GO RV, then BV
  3. Dominion subpoenas Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and Mike Lindell in its $1.6 billion lawsuit against Fox News Grace Dean Fri, July 2, 2021, 8:24 AM MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, Sidney Powell, and Rudy Giuliani have all been sued by Dominion Voting Systems. Drew Angerer/Getty Images; Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call Inc. via Getty Images; Joshua Roberts/Getty Images Dominion subpoenaed Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and Mike Lindell in its lawsuit against Fox News. It sued Fox in March, saying it had helped spread conspiracy theories about its voting machines. Giuliani, Powell, and Lindell now have to submit documents related to their involvement with Fox. The voting-machine company Dominion Voting Systems subpoenaed Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell in its $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News. They now have to hand over documents related to their involvement with the news network, Bloomberg first reported on Thursday. Dominion had sued the three for $1.3 billion each over their roles in spreading the debunked conspiracy theory that its voting machines "flipped" votes from President Donald Trump to Joe Biden during the 2020 election. Dominion filed the lawsuit against Fox News on March 26, alleging that the network had given prominence to the election-fraud conspiracy theory to revive its ratings. Fox News has consistently denied this claim and said it is "proud of our 2020 election coverage." As part of that lawsuit, Dominion subpoenaed Giuliani, Powell, and Lindell on Monday, a filing in state court in Delaware showed. The subpoena asked Giuliani, a former New York mayor who served as Trump's personal lawyer, to hand over all documents related to his appearances on Fox since 2016 and all communications with the network related to both the 2020 presidential election and Dominion, Bloomberg reported. The subpoena also asked for Giuliani to provide documents about the nature of his relationship with the network, "whether formal or informal, compensated or uncompensated," the report said. Dominion sent similar subpoenas to Lindell and Powell, a pro-Trump attorney. They have until July 25 to comply, Bloomberg reported, citing the filing. Fox News, Giuliani, Powell, and Lindell did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. Dominion's lawsuit against Fox News is its biggest yet Dominion filed $1.3 billion defamation lawsuits against Powell and Giuliani in January and against Lindell in February. In its lawsuits against Powell and Giuliani, Dominion included numerous examples of them making their election-fraud claims in right-wing media, including Fox News, without pushback from hosts. The $1.6 billion suit it filed against Fox News in March is its biggest yet. Dominion said the network "sold a false story of election fraud in order to serve its own commercial purposes, severely injuring Dominion in the process." In a statement in March, Fox News said: "Fox News Media is proud of our 2020 election coverage, which stands in the highest tradition of American journalism." It said it would defend itself against the lawsuits in court. The voting-machine company Smartmatic also filed a $2.7 billion lawsuit against Fox News in February. A Fox News representative told Insider in February that the network had run several "fact-check" segments "prior to any lawsuit chatter." Fox News, Giuliani, Powell, and Lindell have asked for the lawsuits to be dismissed. https://www.yahoo.com/news/dominion-subpoenaed-rudy-giuliani-sidney-122405395.html GO RV, then BV
  4. Trump sent out a strange statement wishing 'losers' and 'RINOs' a Happy Father's Day Cheryl Teh Mon, June 21, 2021, 12:22 AM Former President Donald Trump hit out at his critics in a scathing Father's Day message this weekend. Getty Former President Donald Trump took the opportunity on Father's Day to call out the "Radical Left." Trump wished "losers" and "RINOs" a Happy Father's Day in an emailed statement. Donald Trump Jr. also sent out an email appealing for donations titled "My father is asking about you." Former President Donald Trump took the opportunity on Father's Day this year to hit out at his critics, penning a scathing message insulting his political opponents. "Happy Father's Day to all, including the Radical Left, RINOs, and other Losers of the world. Hopefully, eventually, everyone will come together!" Trump said in a statement. RINO is an acronym for "Republican-in-name-only," a pejorative term often used by Trump and his allies to criticize Republicans like Sen. Mitt Romney and Rep. Liz Cheney. This is not the first time that Trump has used Father's Day to launch a salvo aimed at his opponents. Per a report by The Hill, the then-President blasted his opponents in an early-morning tweet sent on the way to a golf session with Sen. Lindsey Graham. "Happy Father's Day to all, including my worst and most vicious critics, of which there are fewer and fewer. This is a FANTASTIC time to be an American! KEEP AMERICA GREAT!" read Trump's tweet, dated June 16, 2019. The rest of the Trump family also did not miss the opportunity this Father's Day to get some campaigning done. In an early morning email sent this Sunday, Donald Trump Jr. sent a message titled "My father is asking about you" to appeal for donations. "Friend, there's absolutely nothing the Fake News and Left-Wing MOB will not do to protect Joe Biden's failing record as President of the United States. They are DESTROYING everything my father accomplished, which is why it's critical we stay on track to CRUSH our Mid-Month Goal this month," read the email sent from Trump Jr. on June 20. "We're finalizing the list of Mid-Month donors soon and I know my father will be looking for your name on it," Trump Jr. added in the email message, right below a list of links to contribute amounts ranging from $25 to $250. https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-sent-strange-statement-wishing-042206309.html GO RV, then BV
  5. The end of the Trump presidency brought the US one of its biggest spikes in global approval ratings on record Oma Seddiq Thu, June 10, 2021, 10:46 AM President Joe Biden waves as he walks on the Ellipse after stepping off Marine One on May 17, 2021 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The US' global image has rebounded under President Joe Biden. Pew Research Center surveyed adults in 16 countries, including Canada, Japan and the UK. More people expressed confidence in Biden as a leader compared with Trump. The global image of the United States has vastly improved since President Joe Biden took office compared to all-time low ratings under former President Donald Trump's leadership, new data released by Pew Research Center on Thursday shows. Pew Research Center polled people in 16 countries and the results show a major shift in public attitudes after Trump left the White House. The US' average favorability rating increased by 28 percentage points this year - one of the biggest spikes on record since Pew started polling more than two decades ago. The number jumped from 34% in 2020 to 62% this year. In six countries - France, Germany, Japan, Italy, the Netherlands and Canada - positive opinions of the US grew by at least 25 percentage points, returning to the high ratings seen during the Obama era. Overall trust in the US president within the international community hit historic lows under Trump. The Pew study showed that with Biden, the numbers have rebounded to pre-Trump levels. Around 75% of people surveyed expressed confidence in Biden to do the right thing when it comes to world affairs. A year ago, only 17% said the same for Trump. Public confidence was particularly high among the US' European allies. In Germany, 78% of respondents expressed confidence in Biden as a leader compared to just 10% who said so about Trump last year. Biden was sworn in after a tumultuous year in which the US faced a raging pandemic, weakened economy, and a chaotic 2020 presidential election, leading to an insurrection at the Capitol on January 6. Pew surveyed 16,254 adults from March 12 to May 26, 2021. https://www.yahoo.com/news/end-trump-presidency-brought-us-144633852.html GO RV, then BV
  6. AG Garland defends the DOJ's decision to endorse controversial Trump-era moves, saying there isn't 'one rule for friends and another for foes' Sonam Sheth Wed, June 9, 2021, 3:45 PM Demetrius Freeman/Getty Images Demetrius Freeman/Getty Images AG Merrick Garland defended the DOJ's decision to back several "controversial" Trump-era decisions. The DOJ's actions drew sharp criticism from Democrats and Trump critics who demanded transparency. But Garland said on Wednesday that there isn't "one rule for friends and another for foes." Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday addressed the Justice Department's decision to back some "controversial" Trump-era decisions, including its move to defend Trump in a defamation lawsuit brought by a woman who accused him of rape, and its move to shield an internal memo related to Trump from the public. Democrats and Trump critics have sharply criticized the department over those decisions, but Garland said during a congressional budget hearing Wednesday that there is "not one rule for friends and another for foes." "The job of the Justice Department in making decisions of law is not to back any administration, previous or present," Garland told lawmakers at a Senate appropriations subcommittee hearing about the 2022 budget. "Our job is to represent the American people. And our job in doing so is to ensure adherence to the rule of law, which is a fundamental requirement of a democracy or a republic or a representative democracy." He went on to note that the foundation of the rule of law "is that like cases be treated alike, there not be one rule for Democrats and another for Republicans, that there not be one rule for friends and another for foes." "It is not always easy to apply that rule," Garland said. "Sometimes it means that we have to make a decision about the law that we would never have made and that we strongly disagree with as a matter of policy. But in every case, the job of the Justice Department is to make the best judgment it can as to what the law requires." Garland's testimony stood in sharp contrast to that of Bill Barr, who made headlines during his tenure as attorney general for going to bat for Trump and frequently turning the department into a mouthpiece for the Trump White House. One of the episodes at the center of the controversy Garland addressed Wednesday relates to an Office of Legal Counsel memo that Barr used to clear Trump of obstruction-of-justice following Mueller's investigation. Barr's decision ignited a firestorm and accusations that he was shielding Trump from being held accountable for his myriad efforts to obstruct Mueller's investigation, which were outlined at length in the special counsel's final report of his findings. Barr cited the OLC's memo in a letter justifying his decision-making process in the obstruction investigation. Last month, US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson accused Barr of misleading the public and ordered the Justice Department to release the document in its entirety. Shortly after, the Justice Department under Garland announced its intention to appeal Jackson's ruling, saying that "irreparable harm" would be caused by the release of the full document. It also addressed Jackson's assessment that the government's briefs related to the Mueller report and the OLC memo "incorrectly described the nature of the decisional process in which the Attorney General was engaged." "In retrospect, the government acknowledges that its briefs could have been clearer, and it deeply regrets the confusion that caused," the department said in its filing requesting an appeal, adding that government lawyers "did not intend to mislead the Court" and that "imprecision in its characterization of the decisional process" did not warrant the full release of the memo. The Justice Department's decision to appeal Jackson's ruling was one of several that have put it at loggerheads with the Biden White House. Last week, the department came under fire when it was reported that it continued the Trump administration's behind-the-scenes efforts to obtain the email logs of several New York Times reporters. After Biden came out in opposition to the practice, the department reversed course and said it would no longer seize reporters' records. And earlier this week, the Justice Department again sent shockwaves through legal and political circles when it said it would continue defending Trump in the defamation lawsuit brought by the former columnist E. Jean Carroll, who alleges that Trump raped her. The White House sharply criticized the decision and confirmed that the Justice Department did not consult it before moving forward. "While we are not going to comment on this ongoing litigation, the American people know well that President Biden and his team have utterly different standards from their predecessors for what qualify as acceptable statements," White House spokesperson Andrew Bates said. https://www.yahoo.com/news/ag-garland-defends-dojs-decision-194553297.html GO RV, then BV
  7. Trump's daughter-in-law Lara tells Fox News there are 'no plans' for him to be reinstated as president in August Grace Panetta Thu, June 3, 2021, 9:40 AM·3 min read Lara Trump, wife of US President Donald Trump's son Eric, addresses the Republican National Convention in a pre-recorded speech at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, DC, on August 26, 2020. Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images Lara Trump pushed back on the theory that Trump could be reinstalled in the White House in August. "As far as I know, there are no plans for Donald Trump to be in the White House in August," she told Fox News. The baseless theory has been pushed by election fraud conspiracists Mike Lindell and Sidney Powell. Lara Trump on Thursday pushed back on the baseless notion that her father-in-law, former President Donald Trump, could be reinstated in the White House in August. "As far as I know, there are no plans for Donald Trump to be in the White House in August," she told "Fox & Friends" co-host Brian Kilmeade. "Maybe there's something I don't know, Brian, but no, I think that is a lot of folks getting a little worked up about something because maybe there wasn't enough pushback from the Republican side, so no, I have not heard any plans for Donald Trump to be installed in the White House in August." She also appeared to blame mainstream media outlets for reporting that Trump believes he'll be reinstalled, saying, "I think you should take a look at who those networks are and who is pushing that out." Lara, the wife of Trump's son Eric, became a Fox News contributor in March and is a rumored potential contender for the Republican nomination for a Senate seat in North Carolina. This idea that Donald Trump will be back in the White House in the summer stemmed from MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell who has spent the last several months pushing false and preposterous claims of the 2020 election being rigged. Lindell first claimed in an appearance on Steve Bannon's podcast in March that he would be presenting bombshell evidence to the Supreme Court of foreign countries and "communism coming in" and stealing the 2020 presidential election from Trump. This evidence, he claimed, would result in Trump being "reinstalled" in the White House in August. Sidney Powell, a lawyer who's filed several failed election-related lawsuits and pushed outlandish conspiracy theories about hacked voting machines, again shared the baseless reinstatement theory at a conference of QAnon supporters in Dallas, Texas, over the weekend. On Tuesday, The New York Times' Maggie Haberman reported that the theory has made its way to Trump, who has been telling allies that he now thinks he'll be reinstated in the White House in a couple months. Aside from Lindell's lack of evidence of this massive fraud, which he's had months to produce, there is no constitutional mechanism for the Supreme Court to overturn an election because the president is elected state by state in the Electoral College, not by a national vote. There is also no constitutional framework for a former president to be "reinstated" in the White House. The only way for Biden to removed from office at this point would be through the impeachment process, and that wouldn't result in Trump being reinstalled either. https://news.yahoo.com/trumps-daughter-law-lara-tells-134014338.html GO RV, then BV
  8. Biden announces a new plan to narrow the racial wealth gap including $100 billion more in federal contracts to small businesses and rules to end housing discrimination Biden announces a new plan to narrow the racial wealth gap including $100 billion more in federal contracts to small businesses and rules to end housing discrimination Anna Cooban Tue, June 1, 2021, 8:23 AM The White House on Tuesday announced a new plan to narrow the racial wealth gap. It aims to help small businesses access federal contracts and to address housing discrimination. Biden announced the measures on the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre. President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday announced new measures designed to narrow the racial wealth gap and build wealth in Black communities. The plan aims to help reduce discrimination in the housing market and increase the number of federal contracts given to small disadvantaged businesses by 50%, resulting in an extra $100 billion in contracts over the next five years, the White House said in a press release. The Biden-Harris administration unveiled the measures on the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre, when a white-supremacist mob killed an estimated 300 Black Americans in the Greenwood District of Tulsa, also known as "Black Wall Street." "Because disparities in wealth compound like an interest rate," the White House statement said, "the disinvestment in Black families in Tulsa and across the country throughout our history is still felt sharply today." Homeownership is a key part of Biden's plan to build wealth in Black communities. The statement cited a 2018 Brookings study that found that houses in majority-Black neighborhoods were often valued at tens of thousands of dollars less than similar homes in majority-white areas. The White House said a cross-government effort could enforce existing fair-housing laws and develop guidance "to root out discrimination in the appraisal and homebuying process." The White House statement also included more details about programs in Biden's American Jobs Plan to build wealth in communities of color. It said the measures included a new $10 billion Community Revitalization Fund to pay for community-led civic infrastructure projects that aim to "spark new local economic activity." https://www.yahoo.com/news/biden-announces-plan-narrow-racial-122303917.html GO RV, then BV
  9. Amazon could own unaired Trump 'Apprentice' tapes after buying MGM, but it probably still can't release them Dominick Reuter,Jack Newsham Wed, May 26, 2021, 12:00 PM Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images Amazon just announced that it is acquiring MGM Studios in a deal worth $8.45 billion. Through MGM, Amazon could own the rights to the unaired footage of then-reality TV star Donald Trump. MGM said in 2016 it was legally prohibited from sharing the tapes, and that's unlikely to change now. Amazon announced on Wednesday that it is acquiring MGM Studios in a deal worth $8.45 billion that would hand over the Hollywood giant's trove of more than 4,000 feature films and 17,000 TV shows. The companies did not immediately provide a complete list of every title covered in the deal. Among MGM's properties is "The Apprentice," which made Donald Trump a regular presence in households across the US and helped him launch a political career. "The real financial value behind this deal is the treasure trove of IP in the deep catalog that we plan to reimagine and develop together with MGM's talented team. It's very exciting and provides so many opportunities for high-quality storytelling," said Mike Hopkins, senior vice president of Prime Video and Amazon Studios, in a statement. There's one story that Amazon may not be able to tell, even though it could end up owning the footage needed to tell it: what went on behind the scenes of "The Apprentice" that never made it to air? If the deal closes, and barring any side deals by MGM, Amazon is likely to be the new owner of the show's archival tapes that some cast and crew have said could reveal Trump behaving badly. When a clip from "Access Hollywood" surfaced just before the 2016 election, in which Donald Trump boasted about groping women, "Apprentice" producer Bill Pruitt suggested there were tapes containing "far worse." In response to mounting calls to release the material in the interest of national security ahead of the election, MGM said it was legally prohibited from sharing the tapes. The show's creator, Mark Burnett, whose production company was partially acquired by MGM Television in 2015, also said he was unable to release the tapes, even though he wanted to. Eric Talley, a professor at Columbia Law School who focuses on corporate deals and governance matters, told Insider that the structure of the deal matters when considering Amazon potential ownership of the "Apprentice" tapes. In a normal merger, all of a target company's legal obligations transfer to the buyer, including any contractual restrictions that might exist on sharing "Apprentice" footage. But some major transactions are structured as asset sales, where the parties cut certain divisions or properties out of a deal, for example, to avoid transferring legal risks. Without knowing the details, it's impossible to say what Amazon could do with any Trump tapes it acquires, Talley said. "It's conceivable to me...that an asset sale could wash some of this footage from various types of restrictions or contract obligations that just don't get assigned," he said. "On the other hand, that is just a possibility." Amazon referred to its deal with MGM as a "definitive merger agreement" in its announcement, but the details aren't publicly available on the Securities and Exchange Commission's website yet. It took a two-year court battle, a judicial order last year, an appeal, and a deal to reveal specific outtake footage from just two episodes purported to show Trump and his children making false claims about a video phone service. On Tuesday night, comedian Stephen Colbert weighed in, saying "Holy Mother of DVD extras! The private footage of a TV billionaire is going to belong to an actual billionaire." Colbert implied that Bezos' ongoing personal grudge with the former President motivated Amazon to pay a premium for the studio that has recently faced financial struggles, including bankruptcy. There's no evidence to support this theory. "Soon Bezos could release the most racist thing in the MGM catalogue," Colbert said, "other than Gone With The Wind." https://www.yahoo.com/news/amazon-could-own-unaired-trump-160015159.html GO RV, then BV
  10. House passes bill to counter anti-Asian hate crimes, sending it to Biden's desk for his signature Oma Seddiq Tue, May 18, 2021, 4:43 PM House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Grace Meng during a news conference on the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act on May 18. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images The House passed legislation on Tuesday to address the rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans. The bill passed the chamber in a 364-62 vote. The Senate approved the bill last month. It now heads to Biden's desk for his signature. The House on Tuesday passed a bill that addresses the rise in violence and discrimination against Asian American and Pacific Islander communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The lower chamber approved the legislation, called the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, in a 364-62 vote. The bill directs the Department of Justice to expedite the review of coronavirus-related hate crimes, provide guidance to state and local governments to improve public reporting on hate crimes, and raise awareness about hate crimes during the public-health crisis. Democratic Rep. Grace Meng of New York, who championed the bill, said it makes clear that hate against Asian Americans is "unacceptable" and "will not be tolerated." The legislation also demonstrates that "Congress has the Asian American community's back," she added. "An attack on the Asian American community is an attack on all of us," Meng said during a press conference ahead of Tuesday's vote. The bill's passage comes after the Senate overwhelmingly approved it in a 94-1 vote last month in a rare bipartisan effort. Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri was the lone "no" vote. He said it was "too broad." The legislation now heads to President Joe Biden's desk for his signature. Biden has previously expressed support for the measure and condemned hate crimes against Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in an executive order during his first week in office. The federal government has been under pressure to respond to the spike in anti-Asian hate crimes during the pandemic. The nonprofit group Stop AAPI Hate has reported 6,603 incidents of physical assault, shunning, verbal and online harassment, and civil-rights violations against Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in the US from March 2020 to March 2021. Meng and Democratic Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii introduced the legislation in March in the wake of a mass shooting at three massage parlors in the Atlanta area that killed eight people, six of whom were women of Asian descent. The attack sparked national outrage over the uptick in anti-Asian violence coinciding with the spread of COVID-19 across the country and former President Donald Trump elevating terms such as "Chinese virus" and "kung flu." During a hearing on the bill in March, Meng accused Trump and other Republican officials of "putting a bull's-eye on the back" of Asian Americans by regularly using inflammatory rhetoric in regard to the pandemic. "Those of Asian descent have been blamed and scapegoated for the outbreak of COVID-19, and as a result, Asian Americans have been beaten, slashed, spat on, and even set on fire and killed," Meng said on Tuesday. "We are here today to say that Congress is taking action." https://news.yahoo.com/house-passes-bill-counter-anti-204351364.html GO RV, then BV
  11. A Texas judge threw out the NRA's bankruptcy case, clearing the way for New York's attempts to dissolve the group A Texas judge threw out the NRA's bankruptcy case, clearing the way for New York's attempts to dissolve the group Kelly McLaughlin,Jacob Shamsian Tue, May 11, 2021, 4:22 PM A Texas judge rejected the NRA's attempt to go bankrupt, siding with New York state prosecutors. Prosecutors said the bankruptcy filing was an attempt to squirm out of other litigation. In August, New York's attorney general accused the NRA of corruption and negligent oversight. A Texas judge threw out the National Rifle Association's bankruptcy filing on Tuesday, saying the case was filed in "bad faith" in an effort to avoid litigation in New York. Judge Harlin Hale's decision came after New York Attorney General Letitia James and others questioned the legitimacy of the bankruptcy filing. Law360 first reported the ruling. The NRA filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on January 15 after James filed a lawsuit to dissolve the gun-rights organization, alleging that it had abused its legal status as a nonprofit. In a filing in August, New York prosecutors accused the group of corruption and said its longtime CEO, Wayne LaPierre, had "instituted a culture of self-dealing, mismanagement, and negligent oversight." While reports of financial troubles have dogged the NRA for years, its bankruptcy filings showed it was solvent and had assets worth roughly $50 million more than its debts. The organization tried to restructure in Texas, claiming that New York had a corrupt regulatory environment. Prosecutors in James' office viewed the bankruptcy filing as an attempt to squirm out of the litigation. Hale sided with those prosecutors, effectively giving a green light to James' office to continue its lawsuit. "A judge has ruled in our favor and rejected the @NRA's attempt to claim bankruptcy and reorganize in Texas," James said in a tweet on Tuesday. "The @NRA does not get to dictate if and where it will answer for its actions, and our case will continue in New York court. No one is above the law." In court hearings, attorneys for the NRA have accused James of waging a political campaign against the organization. Closely aligned with Republican politicians, the NRA rallies its members to thwart gun-safety laws typically supported by Democratic politicians. Research has consistently found that strict gun laws reduce gun violence. The NRA's attorneys said that Texas, controlled by Republicans, would offer a regulatory haven for the organization. The Justice Department stepped into the dispute earlier in May, saying that the "evidentiary record clearly and convincingly establishes" that LaPierre failed to provide proper oversight and manipulated personal expenses to look like business expenses. Hale's ruling permits the NRA to file for bankruptcy again, but he said he would likely appoint a trustee to oversee the group if it did rather than leave LaPierre in control of the organization's finances. LaPierre is dealing with several other headaches in addition to the litigation from the New York Attorney General's Office. In October, The Wall Street Journal reported that the IRS had opened a tax-fraud investigation into him. And in April, The Trace and The New Yorker published footage of him struggling to kill an elephant; the NRA said the publication of the video was intended to embarrass him. https://news.yahoo.com/texas-judge-thrown-nras-bankruptcy-194137316.html GO RV, then BV
  12. Trump's election-fraud claims can be traced back to a Texas businessman who spent years falsely asserting that electronic voting machines manipulated votes Sarah Al-Arshani Mon, May 10, 2021, 2:39 AM President Donald Trump. Evan Vucci/AP Parts of Trump's baseless election-fraud claims started in 2018, The Washington Post reported. Some of the claims originated with the Texas businessman Russell Ramsland Jr. and his associates. Trump allies such as Sidney Powell met with associates of Ramsland in 2019. When former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, he said it was because of voter fraud, citing claims that were initially started years ago by a Texas businessman, The Washington Post reported. The Post reported that Russell Ramsland Jr. and his associates at Allied Security Operations Group began giving presentations to conservative lawmakers, activists, and donors that said audit logs in voting machines, the mechanisms that document the machine's activity, had indications of manipulation beginning in late 2018. The allegations about voting systems and fraud made by Ramsland and ASOG were unsubstantiated and widely debunked by data-security experts. Ramsland, a failed congressional candidate, attempted to find political candidates who had lost elections they believed they'd won to sell them on this idea. But he didn't have much success until associates of Trump latched on to the claims, passing it along to Trump, who accepted and further spread claims that the machines were faulty. In 2019, Ramsland began briefing GOP lawmakers and officials from the Department of Homeland Security on the idea that US election software was coming from Venezuela, and that there would be efforts to manipulate votes in the 2020 election on a large scale, The Post reported. While Trump and his associates, including lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, continued to sow doubt about the security of the election, the DHS said there was no evidence of fraud and called it "the most secure in American history." Powell has used Ramsland's assertions in lawsuits that she filed on behalf of Trump and Giuliani, and has publicly made some of the assertions that started with Ramsland. Powell, The Post reported, was also briefed by ASOG two years before the election. Powell is now being sued by Dominion Voting Systems for $1.3 billion after she said she had evidence the company "was created to produce altered voting results in Venezuela for Hugo Chavez." Ultimately, Trump and his associates lost all of the more than 40 lawsuits challenging the 2020 election results. Ramsland told The Post that ASOG did give Powell and Giuliani research, but said they never spoke with Trump directly. He added that his company's perspective was "one of many voices" that expressed concerns about election-system vulnerabilities. Powell, through an attorney, told The Post that she did meet with a Ramsland ally, but did not say whether she spoke with him directly. Giuliani and his attorney did not respond to The Post's request for comment. https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-election-fraud-claims-traced-063920631.html GO RV, then BV
  13. A federal judge ordered the DOJ to release a memo that Bill Barr used to clear Trump of obstruction of justice, saying 'it is time for the public to see' it Sonam Sheth Tue, May 4, 2021, 1:32 PM Former Attorney General William Barr. Drew Angerer/Getty Images A federal judge ordered the DOJ to turn over an internal memo related to the Mueller probe. Bill Barr cited the memo as the basis for his decision to clear Trump of obstruction of justice. "It is time for the public to see that [the memo], too," the judge said in Tuesday's ruling. A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Justice Department to turn over an internal memo that then-Attorney General Bill Barr cited as justification for clearing then-President Donald Trump of obstructing justice. Barr said at the time that he'd come to his decision "in consultation with the Office of Legal Counsel and other Department lawyers" but did not publicize the OLC's memo. In response, the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit to obtain the memo. In Tuesday's ruling, US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said the unreleased OLC memo that Barr used to clear Trump of obstruction actually "contradicts" his claim that the decision to charge the president was "under his purview" because the special counsel Robert Mueller did not "resolve the question of whether the evidence would support a prosecution." Barr announced the decision to clear Trump in a four-page letter to Congress in March 2019 summarizing Mueller's findings in the FBI's investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 US election. "The letter asserted that the Special Counsel 'did not draw a conclusion - one way or the other - as to whether the examined conduct constituted obstruction,' and it went on to announce the Attorney General's own opinion that 'the evidence developed during the Special Counsel's investigation is not sufficient to establish that the President committed an obstruction-of-justice offense,'" Jackson wrote. However, the OLC's memo "calls into question the accuracy of Attorney General Barr's March 24 representation to Congress," and it "raises serious questions about how the Department of Justice could make this series of representations to a court," the ruling said. Jackson pointed out that Mueller himself criticized Barr's handling of the public release of the report and his description of the special counsel's conclusions. On April 18, 2019, Barr "appeared before Congress to deliver the report," Jackson wrote. "He asserted that he and the Deputy Attorney General reached the conclusion he had announced in the March 24 letter 'in consultation with the Office of Legal Counsel and other Department lawyers.'" "What remains at issue today is a memorandum to the Attorney General dated March 24, 2019, that specifically addresses the subject matter of the letter transmitted to Congress," she added, referring to the OLC memo. She continued: "It is time for the public to see that, too." Mueller's findings in the obstruction investigation were widely discussed when his final report was released in April 2019. He laid out 11 potential instances of obstruction by Trump, but declined to make a "traditional prosecutorial judgment." Barr told reporters Mueller's decision was not influenced by longstanding Justice Department guidelines that state a sitting president cannot be indicted. He said that in fact, Mueller's determination - or lack thereof - was prompted by the inconclusive nature of the evidence. But in his report, Mueller did not cite the nature, or absence, of evidence as the reason he did not come to a decision on obstruction. He did, however, cite the OLC's 1973 memo saying that a sitting president cannot be charged with a crime. Moreover, the special counsel's team said that "if we had confidence after a thorough investigation of the facts that the President clearly did not commit obstruction of justice, we would so state." The team continued: "Based on the facts and the applicable legal standards, however, we are unable to reach that judgment." https://www.yahoo.com/news/federal-judge-ordered-doj-release-173202128.html GO RV, then BV
  14. Dominion is accusing Sidney Powell of promoting 'defamatory falsehoods' to attract money and fame Charles Davis Mon, May 3, 2021, 7:24 PM Sidney Powell participates in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington Jonathan Ernst/Reuters Dominion is accusing attorney Sidney Powell of lying about the company to earn money and sell books. It made the argument in a court filing on Monday as part of a $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit. Powell's lawyers argued her conspiracy theories were not meant to be taken as statements of fact. Sidney Powell doesn't think any "reasonable person" who listened to her claims about the 2020 election - and donated to her stated effort to overturn President Joe Biden's victory - would believe what she was saying on television "were truly statements of fact." That is what her attorneys argued last month in an attempt to beat back a $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit from the company she accused of rigging the vote. On Monday, Dominion Voting Systems fired back. In a court filing, it accused the far-right conspiracy theorist of spreading lies about the company and the integrity of US democracy in order to sell books and make money. And it accused her of seeking to evade responsibility by inventing a new standard for libel whereby one could get away with defamation merely by committing it on Fox News. "After lying about the evidence supporting her claims," Dominion's legal team said, "Powell now asks this court to create unprecedented immunity for attorneys to wage televised disinformation campaigns." The company, which filed its lawsuit in US federal court in January, is seeking $1.3 billion in damages. After the November election, Powell, a former federal prosecutor who now sells autographed books and T-shirts on her website, alleged it was the loser of the 2020 election, Donald Trump, who in fact "won by a landslide" (Biden beat the former president by more than 7 million votes). Her claims were cosigned by the Republican Party and endorsed by the former president, although his campaign later distanced itself from Powell as her outlandish assertions increased their legal vulnerability. (Rudy Giuliani, too, is now being sued by the company for his part in "a viral disinformation campaign.) Among other things, Powell falsely asserted she had evidence Dominion "was created to produce altered voting results in Venezuela for Hugo Chavez," and that it had been imported to the US to do the same for Democrats. "We're collecting evidence now from various whistleblowers that are aware of substantial sums of money being given to family members of state officials who bought this software," she stated. To support her claims against Dominion, she filed an affidavit from Ron Watkins, the owner of a conspiracy-theory message board, 8kun, that gained infamy as the home of the "QAnon" hoax. Powell's attorneys now assert this was all merely the heated rhetoric of a political campaign, not intended to be actionable statements of fact. But Dominion's legal team says that is no defense - and that Powell harmed the company for personal profit, using "defamatory falsehoods to solicit funds … and to garner media attention," which in turn helped her sell "additional copies of her book and drummed up additional potential clients." If Powell has any evidence to back up her claims, Dominion is inviting her to show them to the court. "She either has a video of Dominion's founder admitting that he can change a million votes or she does not (she does not)," the company's lawyers state. "Dominion was either created in Venezuela to rig elections or it was not (it was not). Dominion either rigged the 2020 election by weighting, flipping, switching, and trashing votes or it did not (it did not). Dominion either bribed officials or it did not (it did not)." Dominion's legal filing comes just days after one of its executives reached a settlement with Newsmax, a right-wing media organization that alleged the company's head of security had rigged the election himself. On its cable television network, Newsmax informed its viewers that it in fact had "no evidence" to support the allegation. But retractions never garner the same amount of attention as an initial, inflammatory claim. A recent CNN poll found that while a large majority of Americans accept Biden's victory as the product of a free and fair election, 70% of Republicans believe his presidency is illegitimate. https://news.yahoo.com/dominion-accusing-sidney-powell-promoting-232403446.html GO RV, then BV
  15. Rep. Liz Cheney, the highest-ranking Republican who voted for Trump's impeachment, leaves open the option of a presidential run Oma Seddiq Mon, April 26, 2021, 5:17 PM Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming). AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File Rep. Liz Cheney has not ruled out a possible presidential run in the future. "I'm not ruling anything in or out - ever is a long time," Cheney told The New York Post. Cheney previously broke with her party and voted in favor of Trump's impeachment. Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, the highest-ranked Republican woman in Congress, left open the possibility of running for president during an interview with The New York Post published Monday. "I'm not ruling anything in or out - ever is a long time," Cheney told the outlet when asked if she would ever consider throwing her hat in the ring in the future. Cheney did not specifically weigh in on a potential 2024 bid, but she did allude to certain GOP members who she believes should not be on the ballot in the upcoming presidential race. "I do think that some of our candidates who led the charge, particularly the senators who led the unconstitutional charge, not to certify the election, you know, in my view that's disqualifying," Cheney told The New York Post. She was referring to a group of Republican lawmakers who challenged the 2020 presidential election results when Congress met to certify President Joe Biden's win on January 6, the same day as the Capitol insurrection. Sens. Josh Hawley of Missouri and Ted Cruz of Texas, supporters of former President Donald Trump who are rumored to be eyeing the Republican nomination in 2024, are among those politicians. Cheney added that "adherence to the Constitution" and "adherence to your oath has got to be at the top of the list" for a 2024 run. Cheney sparked outrage from pro-Trump groups in the aftermath of the Capitol riot when she broke with her party and voted in favor of his impeachment on a charge of "incitement of insurrection." As the No. 3 House Republican, many members of the caucus decried the move and sought to remove her from her leadership post, but the effort was unsuccessful. Despite the backlash from her own party, Cheney has not shied away from speaking out publicly against Trump and has taken a markedly different tone toward him compared to her Republican colleagues, such as House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who has continued to embrace Trump. On Monday, Cheney told reporters that McCarthy and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell are currently the leaders of the Republican Party - not Trump. https://www.yahoo.com/news/rep-liz-cheney-highest-ranking-211724941.html GO RV, then BV
  16. The Capitol riot defendants may be starting to turn on one another, outing far-right extremist leaders Cheryl Teh Thu, April 8, 2021, 1:44 AM Rioters clashing with security forces at the US Capitol on January 6. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images Numerous defendants in January's Capitol riot are said to be turning on far-right groups. CNN reported Wednesday that at least one defendant agreed to work against the Proud Boys. Court records indicate that several plea deals with cooperators may be in the works. The brotherhood of the Proud Boys may be falling apart, as attorneys on the case say some of the Capitol riot defendants have turned or are considering turning on the leaders of the far-right extremist group. A CNN report on Wednesday quoted an attorney as saying a Capitol riot defendant had agreed to flip against the Proud Boys. In exchange for plea deals, cooperating defendants may have to work with the Department of Justice and prosecutors to build stronger cases against the head honchos of far-right extremist groups. The extent of any cooperation with the DOJ and prosecutors is unclear, but CNN wrote that this was the strongest indication yet that one of the defendants was willing to work with authorities against the Proud Boys. It was not the first sign, however, that there might be disloyalty within the ranks of the Proud Boys and other groups. The Associated Press reported in February that another Proud Boy, Dominic Pezzola, was mulling a plea deal. Prosecutors accused Pezzola of snatching a police officer's riot shield and shattering a window at the Capitol to let rioters in. There is also a history of Proud Boys members working with law enforcement. In March, attorneys for the Proud Boys leader Joseph Biggs - who authorities allege was one of the first to clamber through a smashed window to get into the Capitol during the January 6 insurrection - argued that he should not be held in jail pending trial. The lawyers said in a court filing that Biggs had regularly spoken with the FBI in recent months to provide information about protests he was involved in and that these back channels, as well as the information he provided, should keep him out of jail. Other groups linked to the storming of the Capitol are also seeing instances in which defendants are said to be considering trading information to escape indictment. Insider reported this week that prosecutors were negotiating a plea deal with Jon Schaffer - a heavy-metal guitarist who was spotted storming the Capitol wearing an Oath Keepers hat, indicating his connection with the paramilitary group. According to a now-deleted confidential court filing that was erroneously uploaded but seen by BuzzFeed News and Politico, Schaffer was involved in "debrief interviews" with prosecutors. "Based on these debrief interviews, the parties are currently engaged in good-faith plea negotiations, including discussions about the possibility of entering into a cooperation plea agreement aimed at resolving the matter short of indictment," the filing said. The criminal-defense attorney Martin Tankleff told CNN that he thought it likely that more cooperators would come forward and turn against the Proud Boys, the Oath Keepers, and other groups facing pressure from law enforcement since the riot. "Whenever you have a large group of people arrested and in jail, prosecutors will typically observe the group and pressure defendants to flip on one another," Tankleff said. "They're going to start talking. They're going to start sharing information." https://www.yahoo.com/news/capitol-riot-defendants-turning-other-054429904.html GO RV, then BV
  17. Only a third of Americans think Biden's stimulus bill is too big, survey finds Ayelet Sheffey Tue, March 9, 2021, 2:58 PM President Joe Biden. Samuel Corum/Getty Images A Pew survey found that only a third of Americans think Biden's stimulus bill is too big. While Republican lawmakers oppose the size of the bill, the majority of Republican voters support it. Regardless of party affiliation, lower-income households support the size; some say it's too low. President Joe Biden's stimulus bill is expected to reach its final vote on Wednesday, and according to a recent survey, only a third of Americans think the bill is too big. Since it was first introduced, Republican lawmakers have argued that the stimulus bill Democrats have pushed through using reconciliation is too costly, and a group of Republican senators even proposed a counter-stimulus bill that was a third the size of Biden's. But according to a survey released on Tuesday from the Pew Research Center, the majority of Americans don't see an issue with the size of the bill. "As the House of Representatives prepares to give final approval to the Biden administration's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, a sizable majority of US adults (70%) say they favor the legislation," the survey said. "Only about three-in-ten (28%) oppose the bill, which provides economic aid to businesses, individuals and state and local governments." Here are the main findings of the survey: 82% of Americans in lower-income households favor the bill, compared to 60% of upper-income households; 63% of lower-income Republicans favor the bill, compared to the 25% of upper-income Republicans; And 41% of Americans say the proposed spending on the bill is "about right," with 46% of upper-income Americans saying it spends too much and 37% of lower-income Americans saying it spends too little. The survey also found that 94% of Democrats support the bill, with 56% saying the spending is appropriate. Despite the partisan divide in Congress, Insider previously reported on multiple findings from the past month that suggested broad public - and Republican - support for Biden's stimulus package. For example, a Morning Consult/Politico poll from February 24 found that 60% of Republicans support the bill, and some provisions in the bill, like the $1,400 stimulus checks, have garnered Republican support. In addition, Biden and progressive lawmakers have pushed to ensure the measures in the stimulus bill will aid those most hit by the pandemic, including lower-income Americans. A new analysis from the Tax Policy Center found that the stimulus will give the poorest Americans a 20.1% income boost after taxes, and the Pew survey found that regardless of party affiliation, those in lower-income groups approved of, or wanted to see more, spending. "Reflecting the income pattern among all Americans, within both partisan groups, those with lower incomes are more likely than those with higher incomes to say the proposed spending on the economic bill is not enough," the survey said. https://news.yahoo.com/only-third-americans-think-bidens-195835282.html GO RV, then BV
  18. The Supreme Court finally rejected Sidney Powell's election conspiracy theory lawsuits Jacob Shamsian Mon, March 1, 2021, 11:10 AM Sidney Powell and former President Donald Trump. Getty Images The Supreme Court rejected two lawsuits filed by the Trump ally Sidney Powell. It extends the extraordinary losing streak for lawsuits seeking to overturn 2020 election results. President Joe Biden was inaugurated more than a month ago. Visit the Business section of Insider for more stories. The Supreme Court on Monday formally rejected two of Sidney Powell's lawsuits seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 US election, brushing away any lingering ideas that Donald Trump would be declared the true winner. As Law and Crime first reported, the court didn't offer any comment while rejecting the two lawsuits. One lawsuit sought to overturn results in Arizona, the other in Wisconsin. Joe Biden, the winner of the presidential election, was inaugurated on January 20. The cases - premised on a bizarre conspiracy theory that election-technology companies were in cahoots with the regime of the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez to secretly flip votes from Trump to Biden - were widely expected to fail. The Supreme Court has rejected several other lawsuits seeking to overturn election results. The rejections also extend the astounding loss streak from Trump and his allies challenging the election results. Out of more than 40 lawsuits filed, all of them ultimately failed. Scroll back up to restore default view. Powell's other two lawsuits, in Georgia and Michigan, have also lost multiple rounds in court. The Supreme Court previously said it would not hear the Michigan case, and Powell had withdrawn the Georgia case. Biden won all of the states where Powell challenged election results. Powell's lawsuits and conspiracy theories have opened the possibility of devastating consequences for her. One election-technology company she falsely claimed was part of a plot to falsify election results, Smartmatic, filed a defamation lawsuit against her, Fox News, and Rudy Giuliani, seeking $2.7 billion in damages. Another, Dominion Voting Systems, filed a $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit against her. Those companies have filed other lawsuits as well and sent legal notices to people and companies they accused of parroting or platforming her claims. She and the attorneys she worked with to file lawsuits in Michigan are also facing sanctions and could lose their law licenses. Trump's lie that he was the true winner of the 2020 election led to an insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6, for which he became the first president to be impeached a second time. The Senate acquitted him February 13, with 57 senators voting to convict him. At his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Sunday - his first major public speech since the insurrection - he once again pushed the lie that he was the true election winner. https://news.yahoo.com/supreme-court-finally-rejected-sidney-161031074.html GO RV, then BV
  19. Mike Pence declined an invitation to CPAC, where Trump is the headline guest and the MAGA crowd has taken over Tom Porter Mon, February 22, 2021, 6:32 AM Mike Pence at CPAC last year in National Harbor, Maryland. Alex Wong/Getty Images Mike Pence will not be attending the conservative conference CPAC this year, an organizer said. Former President Donald Trump is the highest-profile guest, alongside many of his allies. CPAC was once a mainstay of establishment conservatism but is increasingly loyal to Trump. Visit the Business section of Insider for more stories. Former Vice President Mike Pence has declined an invitation to the Conservative Political Action Conference, where former President Donald Trump is scheduled to make his first public speech since leaving office. The conference is set to open Thursday in Orlando, Florida, and is one of the year's most important conservative political gatherings. As one of the highest-profile conservatives in the US, Pence is usually a prominent speaker at the event. Matt Schlapp, the organizer of CPAC, told USA Today that Pence declined an invite. The news was reported earlier by Politico. Schlapp expressed regret at Pence's absence, saying "conservatives want to hear his take on the current threats posed by socialism and this radicalized Democrat party." A source close to Pence told CNN the former vice president was looking to stay out of the public eye for six months. The news that Pence would not be attending came after Trump was confirmed on Saturday as a speaker at the event. Trump's relationship with Pence deteriorated fast after the November election, reaching a nadir around the Capitol riot on January 6. Pence had refused to attempt to block the congressional certification of Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 election, ignoring prompts from Trump, because he did not have the constitutional authority to do so. During Trump's impeachment trial, senators were presented with evidence that Trump knew of the danger Pence was in during the riot even as he continued to attack Pence on Twitter. Supporters of the president chanted "Hang Mike Pence!" during the riot, furious that he did not try to block the process. While Trump skipped Biden's inauguration, Pence attended it. Intermediaries, including Ivanka Trump, have stepped in to try to repair relations between them. Insider reported last week that CPAC appeared to be siding with Trump in the battle for the soul of the Republican Party that erupted after the riot. While the Republican grassroots and some lawmakers have remained loyal to Trump, a smaller number of influential Republicans, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, are seeking to distance the party from the former president. https://www.yahoo.com/news/mike-pence-declined-invitation-cpac-113237073.html GO RV, then BV
  20. The DOJ plans to ask almost all Trump-appointed US attorneys to resign, but will keep the one investigating Hunter Mia Jankowicz Tue, February 9, 2021, 7:18 AM Hunter Biden. DNCC via Getty Images The DOJ plans to ask 56 Trump-appointed US attorneys to resign, CNN reported. But it reportedly plans on keeping on two attorneys who are working on ongoing investigations. One of them, David Weiss, is currently investigating Hunter Biden's taxes. Visit the Business section of Insider for more stories. The Department of Justice plans to ask for the resignation of almost all Trump-appointed US attorneys, CNN reported on Monday. However, the department plans to keep on two so they can continue with their investigations. They are, according to CNN: The first, David Weiss, the US Attorney for Delaware, is leading an ongoing investigation into the taxes of President Joe Biden's son Hunter. Acting Attorney General Monty Wilkinson asked him on Monday night to continue the work. The second, John Durham, the US Attorney for Connecticut, has been looking into the origins of the FBI investigation into former President Donald Trump's Russia links An unnamed senior DOJ official told CNN that Durham will be asked to step down as the state's US attorney, but asked to continue his investigation. US attorneys are appointed by a president for a term of four years, and a wholesale changeover with a new presidency is routine. In this case, Biden is leaving open investigations into two major Trump-era preoccupations, both with distinct political overtones. Weiss' probe into Hunter Biden began in 2018 and was put on hold during the 2020 presidential election due to its politically sensitive nature. The investigation, which has now resumed, began by looking at potential money laundering but evolved into an investigation into Hunter Biden's tax affairs. Investigators have subpoenaed documents relating to his dealings both in China and Ukraine, though it is unclear if these are central to the investigation. Hunter Biden's business and tax activities had long been a major talking point for Republican campaigners and right-wing news outlets during the 2020 election, particularly around a questionable story in the New York Post in October alleging that he touted his father's influence in an email to a Ukrainian official. It is unclear whether Joe Biden is a subject of interest in the ongoing investigation. Former Attorney General Bill Barr. Michael Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images Durham, the second US attorney expected to continue his work under Biden's presidency, was appointed by former Attorney General Bill Barr in May 2019. (Monty Wilkinson is serving as acting attorney general until Biden's pick for attorney general, Merrick Garland, is confirmed.) Barr had asked him to examine whether the FBI's gathering intelligence on Russian influence over the 2016 presidential election was "lawful and appropriate," as the Associated Press reported at the time. That original investigation, which was ultimately led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, concluded that the Kremlin had attempted to influence the 2016 election in Trump's favor, but did not find a criminal conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia. But Trump had long complained about the investigation, repeatedly characterizing it as a "witch hunt" and calling it a "hoax" even after the report's release. Nonetheless in December 2019, DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz concluded that the FBI had "authorized purpose" in the Trump-Russia investigation. But Barr disputed these findings, insisting that the bureau had acted in "bad faith." https://news.yahoo.com/doj-plans-ask-almost-trump-121806083.html GO RV, then BV
  21. A Trump advisor who promised to eat his shoe if Biden won is refusing to do it, citing debunked election-fraud claims Mia Jankowicz Thu, January 28, 2021, 6:36 AM Harlan Hill in a 2016 appearance on Fox News. Fox News/YouTube A Trump campaign advisor who promised to eat his shoe if Joe Biden won the election is now refusing to do so, making the false claim that former President Donald Trump won instead. Harlan Hill, a political consultant and commentator, made the bold promise to The Atlantic at Steve Bannon's election-night party on November 7, 2020. He said he was "one hundred percent" certain of Trump's victory and, when asked what he would do if Trump lost, he told the outlet: "I'll eat my shoe. We'll do it in a livestream." Following Biden's inauguration, Mediaite followed up on Hill's plans. But Hill told Mediaite, falsely: "Trump won." Hill has held this position for a while. Following the election, he issued a string of tweets falsely suggesting that Biden's win was rigged by the Democratic Party. "Democratic mob bosses have stolen an election and undermined the democratic process," he tweeted on December 2. "Trump was robbed," read a December 15 tweet. Since Election Day, Trump and his allies have filed dozens of lawsuits in several states contesting their 2020 election results, citing widespread election fraud. Despite this, no evidence of widespread fraud has been found. Hill was formerly a regular commentator on Fox News, but was dumped by the channel in October after he referred to Vice President Kamala Harris as an "insufferable lying b----." He did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. In 2017, a British commentator and academic made good on a similar promise after his own election prediction proved wrong. Matthew Goodwin, a political academic, promised to eat his book if then-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn polled more than 38% in that year's general election. Corbyn lost the election, but polled at 40% and snatched 29 seats from the ruling Conservative Party, which came as a surprise to many pundits, including Goodwin. Unlike Hill, Goodwin followed through on his promise when challenged, tearing out and chewing on pages of "Brexit: Why Britain Chose to Leave the European Union" on live television. Political academic Matthew Goodwin eating a page from his book in 2017. Sky News/YouTube "I was surprised that Jeremy Corbyn ... got two percentage points more than I had expected, and I did say that I would eat this book," he told Sky News at the time. "I am a man of my word, so what I'm going to do is just sit here and eat my book while you guys carry on." Read the original article on Business Insider https://news.yahoo.com/trump-advisor-promised-eat-shoe-113604132.html GO RV, then BV
  22. Lawyer for the 'Q Shaman' who stormed the Capitol in a fur headdress with horns says his client feels 'duped' after Trump didn't pardon him Sophia Ankel Sat, January 23, 2021, 8:31 AM Jake Angeli, the "Q Shaman," was one of several protestors to confront Capitol police officers at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. - Demonstrators breeched security and entered the Capitol as Congress debated the a 2020 presidential election Electoral Vote Certification. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images A man known as the "Q Shaman" who stormed the Capitol says he feels "duped" after Trump didn't pardon him. Jacob A. Chansley was arrested and charged earlier this month in connection with the Capitol riots. His lawyer blamed Trump for "motivating" the mob to march on the Capitol building. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. A far-right Arizona conspiracy theorist known as "QAnon Shaman," who stormed the Capitol in a fur headdress with horns, says he feels "duped" by Trump after the former president didn't pardon him, his lawyer has said. Jake Angeli, whose real name is Jacob A. Chansley, was arrested and charged earlier this month in connection with the Capitol riots, which resulted in the deaths of five people, including a police officer. Speaking to local television station KSDK on Thursday, Chansley's lawyer Al Watkins said that his client had expected to be pardoned by Trump but that he has now realized he'd been "duped." "He regrets very, very much having not just been duped by the president, but by being in a position where he allowed that duping to put him in a position to make decisions he should not have made," Watkins said, according to Law & Crime. "As to my client, the guy with the horns and the fur, the meditation, and organic food...I'm telling you that we cannot simply wave a magic wand and label all these people on January 6 the same," he added. Watkins' comment about organic food is a reference to a statement made by Chansley's mother at his first federal court hearing, where she said that her son had refused to eat while in custody because he "gets very sick if he doesn't eat organic food." It is not known whether Chansley has stopped his hunger strike or not. Watkins also seemed to blame Trump for what he said were "months of lies" and "misrepresentations" that were "designed to inflame, enrage, and motivate" the mob on January 6, according to Law & Crime. Trump told his supporters before the deadly events unfolded that "we're going to walk down, and I'll be there with you," with reference made to the Capitol building immediately following those remarks. "What's really curious is the reality that our president, as a matter of public record, invited these individuals, as President, to walk down to the Capitol with him," Watkins said. "We're talking about not - not just the guy with the horns and the hair, the tattoos and the bare chest - the Shaman - we're talking about thousands of people. They felt - they heard - the message to them, from their president, was: 'we're going to walk down to the Capitol,'" he added. Chansley, who is from Phoenix, Arizona, served in the US Navy between 2005 and 2007. Known for wearing red, white, and blue face paint and a horned helmet, the veteran become a notable figure in the QAnon conspiracy-theory movement. On the day of the Capitol riot, Chansley took photos on the Senate dais and marched around with a megaphone, confronting police officers. The FBI was able to identify him by his distinct tattoos and arrested him three days later. Angeli told NBC News that he felt he had done nothing wrong in the immediate aftermath of the riots. "I walked through an open door, dude," Angeli said, according to NBC News. Chansey remains in federal custody in Arizona and is being held in a quarantine section of a detention facility. He has been charged with disorderly conduct, violent entry, and illegally being on restricted spaces within the Capitol grounds. https://www.yahoo.com/news/lawyer-q-shaman-stormed-capitol-133123893.html GO RV, then BV
  23. Mary Trump said that she thinks her uncle genuinely believes he won the election and that he's the only person she knows 'who can gaslight himself' Ashley Collman Thu, December 3, 2020, 6:26 AM EST Mary Trump and her uncle President Donald Trump. AP/Getty President Donald Trump's estranged niece, Mary, says her uncle hasn't conceded the 2020 presidential election because he truly believes he won. "He's the only person I've ever met who can gaslight himself," Mary Trump told Vice News last week. "I don't think he's ever accepted the truth of the loss. I don't think he's psychologically or emotionally capable of that." Mary Trump, a Democrat and the daughter of Trump's older brother, Fred Trump Jr., has been speaking out against her uncle since she published a book about him this summer called "Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man." In her book, she shared details of the president's upbringing and her opinions, based on her expertise as a clinical psychologist, about how it might have affected his personality. One of the core themes of the book is that the president's father, Fred Trump Sr., trained his son never to show weakness. Accepting defeat, she said, would be a sign of weakness. She said she was convinced her uncle will never concede to President-elect Joe Biden. Trump at the White House on November 26. Erin Schaff - Pool/Getty Images "Donald is a deeply damaged person," Mary Trump told Vice. "Probably the most central part of Donald's psychopathology is the need to deny any reality that paints him as a loser or as somebody who is weak." Decision Desk HQ called the election for Biden on November 6, and major news networks followed a day later. Since then, the president has refused to concede, launching lawsuits in swing states to challenge the results - but none have succeeded. On November 23, the Trump administration officially authorized the presidential transition to Biden's team, but the letter enabling the move did not acknowledge Biden's election victory. The president has alleged that Biden stole the election through widespread voter fraud, but his own attorney general, Bill Barr, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the Justice Department had uncovered no evidence of such fraud that would change the outcome of the election. Though he hasn't publicly accepted his loss, the president has hinted at a run in 2024. Mary Trump told Vice she didn't think he'd follow through. "If he does announce a run, I don't think it should be taken seriously," she said. "I don't think he'd put himself in a position of losing again, which he'd be doing if he ran again." But she said she worried that her uncle would take his anger at losing out on the American people in his last weeks in office. "If Donald feels rejected by the American people, he's not going to distinguish people who voted for him from people who didn't," Mary Trump said. "He's going to take all of us down with him." https://www.yahoo.com/news/mary-trump-said-she-thinks-112618198.html GO RV, then BV
  24. Republican congressman tells Trump to 'delete your account' after he tweets a 45-minute speech repeating baseless voter fraud claims Adam Payne Thu, December 3, 2020, 7:27 AM EST President Donald Trump Getty Republican congressman Adam Kinzinger told Trump to delete his Twitter account. The lawmaker quote tweeted the outgoing president's latest video statement containing more unfounded claims about the November 3 election. "Time to delete your account," tweeted Kinzinger, who represents Illinois' 16th district. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. A Republican congressman has told Trump to "delete your account" after the President tweeted a link to a 45-minute long speech in which he repeated baseless claims of widespread voter fraud in the presidential election. Republican congressman Adam Kinzinger, who represents Illinois' 16th district, quote tweeted the president's latest video statement, in which Trump continued to make unfounded claims about the November 3 election. Kinzinger has previously referred to Trump's election fraud claims as "baseless conspiracy theories." "The @FBI did not rig the election. If you find yourself believing they did, please stop, and say it out loud, and you will realize how silly it sounds. @realDonaldTrump simply flooding the zone with baseless conspiracies again," he tweeted last week. His comments came as support for Trump's strategy of questioning the last month's election result starts to fade among his inner circle. Vice President Mike Pence is the latest member of the administration to reportedly be keen for Trump to abandon the strategy. "It is an open secret [in Trumpworld] that Vice President Pence absolutely does not feel the same way about the legal effort as President Trump does," a senior administration official reportedly told the Daily Beast. The source added: "The vice president doesn't want to go down with this ship…and believes much of the legal work has been unhelpful." The Trump campaign continues to claim, without evidence, that widespread voter fraud cost him the presidential election, and has filed several lawsuits in key states. However, the legal challenge has so far been unsuccessful, with the campaign failing to provide evidence to support its allegations. https://news.yahoo.com/republican-congressman-tells-trump-delete-122735056.html GO RV, then BV
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