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Itay Hod / The Wrap:
Jennifer Holliday Pulls Out of Trump Inauguration, Apologizes to LGBT Community (Exclusive) — “I sincerely apologize for my lapse of judgement,” Broadway legend writes in open letter provided to TheWrap — Jennifer Holliday has canceled her appearance at Donald Trump's inauguration event next week …
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Kevin Fallon / The Daily Beast:
Jennifer Holliday Pulls Out of Trump Inauguration, Apologizes to LGBT Community — Update: On Saturday morning Jennifer Holliday released a letter addressed to the LGBT community announcing that she will no longer be performing at the inauguration concert, apologizing for what she called a “lapse of judgment.”
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Singer Jennifer Holliday pulls out of inauguration performance — Singer Jennifer Holliday is pulling out of her slated performance at an inauguration event for President-elect Donald Trump — after receiving an onslaught of criticism. — “In light of the information pointed out to me via …
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Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
Trump rips John Lewis: Worry about your ‘crime infested’ district — on Saturday morning returned fire on a top Democrat who said he was not a “legitimate president.” — A day after Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) said Trump was not legitimate, the president-elect told him to worry about his own district instead.
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Lawmakers condemn Trump for attack on John Lewis — Lawmakers took to social media on Saturday to defend Rep. John Lewis's (D-Ga.) legacy after President-elect Donald Trump — launched an early-morning Twitter attack on the civil rights leader. — Pushing back against Trump's criticism that Lewis is …
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Trump Hits Back at John Lewis [Updated] — On tomorrow's Meet the Press, Georgia Congressman John Lewis will say that he doesn't consider Donald Trump to be a “legitimate president.” … Lewis is invariably described as a “civil rights icon,” but the man is an utter fraud.
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Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Trump rips John Lewis as Democrats boycott inauguration — Donald Trump lashed out at Rep. John Lewis on Saturday after the civil rights icon said he doesn't view Trump as a “legitimate president” — and the confrontation threatened to trigger a broader boycott of Trump's inauguration …
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David Smith / The Guardian:
Donald Trump starts MLK weekend by attacking civil rights hero John Lewis — Donald Trump provoked fresh outrage on Saturday by lashing out at a revered civil rights activist who challenged the legitimacy of his election win. — Attempts to hold Trump to account only seem to make him stronger and stranger
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Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
John Lewis: Trump is not a ‘legitimate’ president
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U.S. Senator Richard Burr of North Carolina:
Joint Statement on Committee Inquiry into Russian Intelligence Activities — WASHINGTON - Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, today issued …
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Evelyn Rupert / The Hill:
Senate Intel panel to probe Trump team's ties to Russia
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Democrats plot their D.C. departures for Trump inauguration — Many prominent Democrats and Republicans who opposed Donald Trump are fleeing Washington for the inauguration, heading far from the capital to plot anti-Trump strategy or simply avoid the pain of witnessing inauguration celebrations.
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
WHIP LIST: Democrats boycotting Trump's inauguration
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Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Dukakis: Trump needs to apologize to Clinton — Former Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis said in an interview Friday that President-elect Donald Trump — needs to get off Twitter and apologize to Hillary Clinton — “I mean he ought to be ashamed of himself for this kind of stuff …
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Sheera Frenkel / BuzzFeed:
Spy Agencies Around The World Are Digging Into Trump's Moscow Ties — Israel and at least one Western European country are investigating the claims made in a 35-page dossier about President-elect Donald Trump's ties to Russia. — SAN FRANCISCO — The dossier alleging that the Russian government …
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Annie Karni / Politico:
The Man Who Became Donald Trump — The code name for the operation was “Royal Water,” English for the Latin-named “Aqua Regia” acid, which is powerful enough to dissolve gold. — That was how the small group of Hillary Clinton aides clued in to the top-secret identity of the man …
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
The Republican in charge of government oversight wants to prohibit criticism of Trump's ethical violations. — It is going to be practically impossible for Donald Trump to take office next Friday and stay on the right side of the Constitution's Emoluments Clause without divesting and placing his businesses in a blind trust.
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Edwin D. Williamson / Weekly Standard:
Trump's Conflicts — He's done enough. — President-elect Donald Trump's attempt to put the conflicts issue behind him has failed, at least according to the mainstream media. His announcement that he would resign from all positions with companies in the Trump Organization …
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Human Rights Watch lists Trump as threat to human rights — Human Rights Watch is listing President-elect Donald Trump — as a threat to human rights, calling his campaign a “vivid illustration of the politics of intolerance.” — “Donald Trump's election as US president …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Open to Shift on Russia Sanctions, ‘One China’ Policy — President-elect Donald Trump suggested he would be open to lifting sanctions on Russia and wasn't committed to a long-standing agreement with China over Taiwan.
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Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
Trump open to removing Russia sanctions
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