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Re: Trump disapproval
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: December 30, 2020, 10:20 pm
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Re: Trump disapproval
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: January 3, 2021, 10:36 pm
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HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-lessthanperfect-call-to-georgia-officials-could-also-be-a-crime-221455096.html
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> Yahoo News
> Trump's 'less-than-perfect' call to Georgia officials could
also be a crime
> David Knowles
> David Knowles·Editor
> Mon, January 4, 2021, 6:14 AM GMT+8
>
> As word spread Sunday of President Trump’s astonishing phone
conversation with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger
the day before, there was widespread speculation that the
president had committed one or more crimes in his effort to
overturn the results of the election in Georgia, including
extortion and, ironically, election fraud.
>
> A recording of the one-hour call was released Sunday by the
Washington Post. The president is heard pressuring Raffensperger
to “find 11,780 votes” that would put him in the lead over
President-elect Joe Biden in Georgia, which has already
certified its results.
>
> Trump also threatens Raffensperger with the possibility of
criminal charges unless he comes up with the votes to overturn
the election results.
> ...
> Trump’s actions could constitute election fraud. Section 52 of
the U.S. Code concerns voting and elections, and provides for a
sentence of up to five years for:
>
> “A person, including an election official, who in any election
for Federal office
>
> (1) knowingly and willfully intimidates, threatens, or
coerces, or attempts to intimidate, threaten, or coerce, any
person for-
>
> (A) registering to vote, or voting, or attempting to register
or vote;
>
> (B) urging or aiding any person to register to vote, to vote,
or to attempt to register or vote; or
>
> (C) exercising any right under this chapter; or
>
> (2) knowingly and willfully deprives, defrauds, or attempts to
deprive or defraud the residents of a State of a fair and
impartially conducted election process, by
>
> (A) the procurement or submission of voter registration
applications that are known by the person to be materially
false, fictitious, or fraudulent under the laws of the State in
which the election is held; or
>
> (B) the procurement, casting, or tabulation of ballots that
are known by the person to be materially false, fictitious, or
fraudulent under the laws of the State in which the election is
held.”
>
> Trump’s citing possible criminal charges for Raffensperger
unless he produces a different election result in Georgia could
be seen as extortion, which section 18, chapter 41 of the U.S.
code expressly prohibits.
>
> The former lead counsel in Trump’s impeachment trial — which
was predicated on what Trump called his “perfect phone call” to
the president of Ukraine — agreed that this was also a
less-than-perfect call by the president.
> ...
> “We now have irrefutable proof of a president pressuring and
threatening an official of his own party to get him to rescind a
state’s lawful, certified vote count and fabricate another in
its place,” Bauer said in his statement.
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Re: Trump disapproval
DIR By: guest5
Date: January 4, 2021, 1:25 pm
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Trump's Georgia Call Is Impeachable and an Abuse of Power,
Democrats Say
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> President Donald Trump urged Georgia election officials to
“find” thousands of votes and recalculate the election result to
flip the state to him -- an extraordinary effort to strong-arm
fellow Republicans as he tries to dispute Joe Biden’s election
win.
>
> In a 62-minute call on Saturday, Trump oscillated from
flattery to threats as he pressed officials, including Secretary
of State Brad Raffensperger, to take action in his favor just
days before Congress is scheduled to certify the election
results.
>
> The president’s voice -- and that of his chief of staff, Mark
Meadows -- was heard in an audio recording of the call that was
obtained by Bloomberg News. Excerpts of the call were published
earlier Sunday by the Washington Post.
>
> Trump unleashed a series of complaints, attacks and unfounded
theories, and the Georgia officials responded by saying they
have no evidence of widespread fraud and that they stand by the
election results, already subject to two recounts.
>
> “We believe that we do have an accurate election,”
Raffensperger said.
>
> Two of Trump’s lawyers also spoke on the call -- Cleta
Mitchell and Kurt Hilbert. Trump and Mitchell were at odds at
times. At one point, Trump claimed a group of 18,000 ballots
that Mitchell was referring to were counted three times. “I
don’t know about that,” Mitchell said, undercutting Trump’s
claim. “I do,” Trump replied.
>
> At another moment, Trump was asking about ballots cast by
overseas voters, and talked over Mitchell when she interjected.
“I’m not asking you, Cleta, honestly. I’m asking Brad,” Trump
said.
>
> Trump directed his sharpest attacks, though, at Raffensperger,
as well as GOP Governor Brian Kemp, in the waning minutes of the
call. He said he’d been a “schmuck” for endorsing Kemp in his
2018 race against Stacey Abrams, who helped Democrats organize
in the state during 2020.
>
> “She has outplayed you,” Trump said. “She’s outsmarted you at
every step and I hate to imagine what’s going to happen on
Monday or Tuesday.”
>
> Trump then appeared to lose hope. “I know this phone call’s
going nowhere,” Trump said. Raffensperger ultimately ended the
conversation, thanking Trump for his time.
>
> Vice President-elect Kamala Harris was among those who slammed
Trump’s actions. “It was certainly the voice of desperation,”
she said of the call while campaigning in Georgia. “It was a
bald-faced, bold abuse of power by the president of the United
States.”
>
> Representative Dan Kildee, a Democrat from Michigan, said the
call would provoke an impeachment inquiry if Trump had more than
a few weeks left in office. But Representative Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez of New York said if it were up to her, even with
Trump departing this month, articles of impeachment would be “on
the floor, quite quickly.”
>
> Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics, a watchdog group,
called the call another impeachable offense by Trump.
>
> “The president of the United States has been caught on tape
trying to rig a presidential election,” Executive Director Noah
Bookbinder said in a written statement.
>
> “This is a low point in American history and unquestionably
impeachable conduct. It is incontrovertible and devastating.”
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Re: Trump disapproval
DIR By: guest5
Date: January 6, 2021, 9:58 pm
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Trump sits idly by amid Capitol occupation but condones
teargassing BLM protesters: HRW
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> A senior Human Rights Watch (HRW) official has blasted US
President Donald Trump for “sitting idly by” when his supporters
attack the US Capitol, while condoning the use of teargas and
force against peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters.
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Re: Trump disapproval
DIR By: guest5
Date: January 7, 2021, 11:29 am
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Rucker: White House Staff Don't Know What Trump Will Do Next
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> Washington Post White House Bureau Chief Philip Rucker shares
the latest reporting on what's going on inside the Trump White
House after the president encouraged a violent insurrection on
Capitol Hill.
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Washington Attorney General: Time To Invoke 25th Amendment
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> Attorney General for the District of Columbia Karl Racine says
it is time to invoke the 25th Amendment because President Trump
is 'unfit for office.'
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Panel: Will Trump Be Removed By 25th Amendment?
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Re: Trump disapproval
DIR By: guest5
Date: January 7, 2021, 8:51 pm
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Calls for Trump’s removal from office grow louder across the
political spectrum
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> Rep. Madeleine Dean, a Democrat from Pennsylvania and a member
of the House Judiciary Committee, is among a growing number of
lawmakers calling for President Trump’s Cabinet to invoke the
25th Amendment to remove him from office, or for Congress to
impeach him again, and this time convict him. She joins Judy
Woodruff to discuss.
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John Kelly says he would vote to invoke 25th Amendment
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> Former White House chief of staff John Kelly said that if he
were a member of President Donald Trump's Cabinet he would
support using the 25th Amendment to the Constitution to remove
the President from office following a deadly riot at the US
Capitol.
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Tensions at the White House 'are as high as they've ever been'
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> President Trump continued to make false claims about election
fraud Thursday as more Democrats called for his impeachment a
day after the attacks in Washington D.C. Yamiche Alcindor and
Lisa Desjardins join Woodruff to discuss what the final week's
of his administration may look like.
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Several White House staffers resign after Capitol riot
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> A number of White House staffers, including the first lady’s
chief of staff, resigned in the wake of the violent pro-Trump
storming of the Capitol.
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Re: Trump disapproval
DIR By: guest5
Date: January 7, 2021, 10:02 pm
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Chris Hayes: Trump Must Be Removed From Office And Tried For
Sedition
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> “He needs to be removed from office, quickly. And then he
should be arrested and tried for sedition. That is where we are
right now. Anyone who pretends otherwise is deluded,” says Chris
Hayes.
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Re: Trump disapproval
DIR By: guest5
Date: January 7, 2021, 10:26 pm
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Brennan: The Mobs On Capitol Hill Shows That Our Government Has
Been Leaderless For Quite Some Time
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> Former CIA Director John Brennan is shocked at what took place
at the U.S. Capitol yesterday and believes it was able to happen
because of failures of leadership by both the Capitol Police and
federal agencies.
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Re: Trump disapproval
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: January 7, 2021, 10:57 pm
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HTML https://us.yahoo.com/news/iraq-court-issues-arrest-warrant-105705391.html
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> Iraq issues arrest warrant for Trump over Soleimani killing
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Will the US under Biden consider extraditing Trump to Iraq to
face charges there (which Trump cannot pardon his way out of)?
For reference:
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Re: Trump disapproval
DIR By: guest5
Date: January 7, 2021, 11:32 pm
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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries: Trump Remains A Clear And Present Danger
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> House Democratic Caucus Chair Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)
joins to discuss his call to remove Trump from office after
Wednesday's violent insurrection on Capitol Hill that the
president incited.
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> BIG BEEF
> 13 minutes ago
> The Capitol police are Proud Boys. "Stand back, and stand by."
that is exactly what they did.
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> K. McKee
> 6 minutes ago
> 36% of them are. There is a sociopathic element within the
force. Like in all other law enforcement agencies that don’t vet
their applicants, right-wing extremists have infiltrated the
force. That’s what we all saw...
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