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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Justice Department investigating potential presidential pardon bribery scheme, court records reveal — (CNN)The Justice Department is investigating a potential crime related to funneling money to the White House or related political committee in exchange for a presidential pardon …
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New York Times:
Trump Has Discussed With Advisers Pardons for His 3 Eldest Children and Giuliani — Rudolph W. Giuliani, who is promoting baseless claims of widespread election fraud, talked about a pardon with President Trump as recently as last week. — President Trump has discussed with advisers whether …
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
US probing potential bribery, lobbying scheme for pardon — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is investigating whether there was a secret scheme to lobby White House officials for a pardon as well as a related plot to offer a hefty political contribution in exchange for clemency, according to a court document unsealed Tuesday.
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ABC News:
White House vetting pardon requests as some push Trump to preemptively pardon family
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Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Justice Department Probed ‘Bribery-For-Pardon Scheme’ As Trump Campaigned, Court Reveals
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Investigating Potential Bribery Scheme for Trump Pardon
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CREW:
Groups sue Trump and White House to stop destruction of administration records
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Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Justice Department investigating potential bribery scheme to obtain pardon
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Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:
Barr: No evidence of fraud that'd change election outcome — WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr said Tuesday the Justice Department has not uncovered evidence of widespread voter fraud that would change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.
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Associated Press:
Barr appoints special counsel in Russia probe investigation — WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr has given extra protection to the prosecutor he appointed to investigate the origins of the Trump-Russia probe, giving him the authority of a special counsel to complete his work without being easily fired.
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Associated Press:
Trump teases 2024 run at White House Christmas party — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump teased running again for president in 2024 as he hosted a holiday reception at the White House on Tuesday evening. — “It's been an amazing four years,” Trump told the crowd, which included many Republican National Committee members.
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Fraud Claims Hit a Barr — The AG says the feds have seen no evidence that would overturn Joe Biden's victory. — By The Editorial Board — Bill Barr can take the heat, and on Tuesday the stalwart Attorney General guaranteed he'll get it when he said “to date …
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New York Times:
Barr Admits Finding No Evidence of Fraud That Could Have Swayed Election — The attorney general made the comments in an interview with The Associated Press. A Republican official in Georgia urged President Trump to “stop inspiring people to commit potential acts of violence.”
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Noah Feldman / Bloomberg:
Pardoning Giuliani Would Put Trump in Legal Jeopardy
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Joe Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
AG Barr Destroys His Name for All Eternity - His Actions Today Confirm He Is Just Another Card-Carrying Swamp Rat
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Banished from the Trump legal team, attorney Sidney Powell still finds a guest chair on Fox
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Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
William Barr Kept Silent For Weeks As Trump's Voter Fraud Conspiracy Theories Spread
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump pressures Barr to release so-called Durham report
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USA Today:
Lawsuit by Trump allies challenging Pennsylvania election results reaches Supreme Court — WASHINGTON - A long-shot effort to overturn the presidential election results in Pennsylvania made its way to the Supreme Court Tuesday. — Conservative Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa. …
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Kevin Daley / Washington Free Beacon:
Resistance Hero Neal Katyal Reps Corporation Accused of Child Slavery in Supreme Court
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Trump Allies Ask High Court to Nullify Biden's Pennsylvania Win
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Heather Knight / San Francisco Chronicle:
S.F. Mayor London Breed had her own French Laundry party — the night after Gavin Newsom's — Gov. Gavin Newsom is in good company when it comes to politicians attending fancy birthday parties while encouraging others to avoid gathering. — It turns out San Francisco Mayor London Breed dined …
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Matthew Choi / Politico:
‘I gave every inch of my life to him’: Brad Parscale opens up about final days in Trump campaign — Brad Parscale wants to clear the air about his fall from the perches of the Trump campaign. — During an interview with Fox News' Martha MacCallum that aired Tuesday, President Donald Trump's …
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Trump sues to reverse Biden win in Wisconsin
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Rick Rouan / The Columbus Dispatch:
Rob Portman knocks tweets from Biden's pick for budget post, won't address Donald Trump's — U.S. Sen. Rob Portman said he would support giving a hearing to President-elect Joe Biden's nominee to oversee the Office of Management and Budget even though he is concerned that she is too “partisan” to do the job.
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Matthew Cooper / Washington Monthly:
The Case for Neera Tanden
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Emily Jacobs / New York Post:
Neera Tanden deletes over a thousand tweets amid Biden OMB nomination
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Christopher Krebs / Washington Post:
Trump fired me for saying this, but I'll say it again: The election wasn't rigged — Christopher Krebs is the former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. On Wednesday at 11 a.m. on Washington Post Live, Post columnist David Ignatius will interview Christopher Krebs …
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David Wickert / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia official: Trump, U.S. senators complicit in potential violence — A top Georgia election official Tuesday said President Donald Trump and the state's two U.S. senators are complicit in threats against election workers and urged them to speak out against the behavior of some of the president's …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Obama: Broad slogans like “defund the police” lose people — Former President Barack Obama told Peter Hamby on the Snapchat original political show “Good Luck America” that “snappy” slogans such as “defund the police” can alienate people, making the statements less effective than intended.
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Jason Leopold / BuzzFeed News:
This Is The Last Batch Of FBI Memos From The Mueller Probe — The final batch of summaries of interviews conducted for former special counsel Robert Mueller's two-year criminal investigation into the 2016 election has been released by the government six weeks before President Donald Trump is set to leave office.
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Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
Schiff suggests Biden's attorney general could end Durham's special counsel investigation
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Washington Post:
25 former D.C. Bar presidents: Lawyers should not be complicit in Trump's attack on democracy — The period since the election has seen a destructive and unwarranted series of abusive lawsuits filed by some members of the American legal profession. While lawyers must represent their clients …
Molly Beck / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
GOP candidate says he was used without permission as a plaintiff in lawsuit to overturn Wisconsin election results — MADISON - A Republican candidate for Congress who lost his election on Nov. 3 says his name is being used without permission as a plaintiff in a federal lawsuit …
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Camille Caldera / USA Today:
Fact check: Jen Psaki was gifted a hammer and sickle hat at a diplomatic meeting — The claim: A photo shows Jen Psaki wearing a hammer and sickle hat while posing with officials from Russia. — President-elect Joe Biden named his administration's senior communications staff on Sunday.
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Washington Post:
More than half of emergency small-business funds went to larger businesses, new data shows — The Trump administration has emphasized PPP loans to small firms, but data released Tuesday shows that most of the $522 billion went to about 600 larger companies and chains
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Olivia Messer / The Daily Beast:
NY Republicans Host Sarah Palin at Gala—in a Damn Pandemic — SEEMS LIKE A BAD PLAN — They claim they will follow the state COVID-19 guidelines but they're being cagey about the location and how many people have bought tickets. — The New York Young Republican Club doesn't plan …
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