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McConnell proposing to Schumer that Trump impeachment trial start in February
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is proposing to Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to delay the start of the impeachment trial of former President Trump until February, multiple sources familiar with the plan tell CBS News. McConnell confirmed his proposal in a statement late Thursday. This would give impeachment managers and Mr. Trump’s defense at least …
White House pressed on Biden’s unity message amid Trump impeachment push
President Biden began his term in office with a message of unity, expressing a desire to move past the rancorous division in the United States and bring people together, while Congress remains set to carry out an impeachment trial for former President Donald Trump. During her first press briefing after Biden’s inauguration, White House press secretary …
A radio host was shocked to get a pardon, because he never asked Trump for one
When I scanned the names of the people who received clemency grants from President Donald Trump on Wednesday morning, one stood out as if it were written in bright red type. Not Steve Bannon, Trump’s former chief strategist. Not Lil Wayne, the famous rapper. This person has no connection to Trump and has never recorded …
Trump pardons ex-strategist Steve Bannon, dozens of others
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump pardoned former chief strategist Steve Bannon in the final hours of his White House term as part of a flurry of clemency action that benefited more than 140 people, including rap performers, ex-members of Congress and other allies of him and his family. The last-minute clemency, announced after midnight …
BREAKING: Trump includes Robin Hayes in last-minute flurry of pardons at Tillis’s request
Former GOP Chairman Robin Hayes (L), Sen. Thom Tillis (R) Former North Carolina Congressman, state Representative, gubernatorial candidate and state Republican Party Chairman Robin Hayes is among the scores of individuals granted presidential pardons by President Trump as one of his last acts. …
Joe Biden to be inaugurated as 46th president as Donald Trump leaves Washington
More than 25,000 National Guard troops are now in place to ensure that the nation’s transfer of power can take place peacefully. Trump will become the first president in more than 150 years to refuse to attend his successor’s swearing-in ceremony. Instead, he and first lady Melania Trump intend to fly to Florida before Biden …
Lil Wayne & Kodak Black Pardoned by Donald Trump
Carter’s pardon was hardly surprising after the Grammy-winning artist inexplicably endorsed Trump for reelection last October and posed for a picture, which he was heavily criticized for on social media. “Just had a great meeting with @realdonaldtrump @potus besides what he’s done so far with criminal reform, the platinum plan is going to give the community …
New COVID-19 cases linked to the Australian Open; Trump farewell video address; Victoria now 14 days without local COVID-19 cases; US virus deaths surpass 400,000; Queensland records zero new local virus cases
One of Victoria’s three new coronavirus cases in hotel quarantine is linked to the Australian Open, Police Minister Lisa Neville has confirmed. The positive case is not a player. Ms Neville also said she became aware of three more positive cases linked to the tennis tournament this morning. “One of those is a player who …
How Trump will hand off the ‘nuclear football’ to Biden
Typically, the football would be handed off to another military aide standing on or nearby the inauguration viewing stand as Biden takes his oath of office. But on Wednesday, that exchange will happen a bit differently as Trump is currently expected to depart Washington, DC, for Florida before Biden’s inauguration ceremony. The nuclear football will …
Trump to issue around 100 pardons and commutations Tuesday, sources say
The White House held a meeting on Sunday to finalize the list of pardons, two sources said. Trump, who had been rolling out pardons and commutations at a steady clip ahead of Christmas, had put a pause on them in the days leading up to and directly after the January 6 riots at the US …
