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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 …
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.
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:   Justice Department Probed ‘Bribery-For-Pardon Scheme’ As Trump Campaigned, Court Reveals
Jennifer Rodgers / The Daily Beast:
Here's How Rudy Giuliani's Push for a Preemptive Pardon Could Backfire
Discussion: Raw Story, CNN and Vox
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump teases 2024 run at White House event
Discussion: Business Insider
ABC News:
White House vetting pardon requests as some push Trump to preemptively pardon family
CREW:
Groups sue Trump and White House to stop destruction of administration records
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.
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.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Reason
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 …
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
Discussion: Fox News and New York Post
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Biden: 'We're Going to Fight Like Hell by Investing in America First'  —  My talk with Joe Biden on his first few months, and his next four years.  —  President-elect Joe Biden was in a good mood as we talked on the phone Tuesday evening for an hour — he in Delaware and me in Bethesda, Md. He apologized, though, for being late.
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Mark Becker / The Bulwark:
My Call With Ron Johnson: He Knows Biden Won But Won't Admit It  —  The Wisconsin senator says it would be “political suicide.”  —  November 14, 8:37 a.m. my phone rings.  I do a double take on my caller ID and realize who is calling.  I take a deep breath and answer the phone.
CNBC:
Trump sues to reverse Biden win in Wisconsin
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. …
Discussion: We Love Trump, Breitbart and TheBlaze
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Trump Allies Ask High Court to Nullify Biden's Pennsylvania Win
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 …
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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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Georgia election official condemns Trump after threat to worker
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
Wall Street Journal:
U.K. Authorizes Pfizer, BioNTech's Covid-19 Vaccine for Emergency Use  —  Britain becomes the first Western nation to get a coronavirus shot, with earliest doses to go to the most vulnerable  —  LONDON—The U.K. became the first Western nation to grant emergency-use authorization for a Covid-19 vaccine …
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 …
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
Discussion: New York Post, Reason and Law & Crime
John Feehery / The Hill:
How GOP takes back the House in two years  —  In two short years, the nation's voters will give the Biden administration a midterm grade on its performance.  —  The last two times that a Democratic president won the White House, the GOP was able to retake the House during the midterms.
Washington Examiner:
Kamala Harris's reckless fearmongering over ‘Trump vaccine’ is proven a cynical lie  —  As we write, two COVID-19 vaccine candidates, one from Pfizer and one from Moderna, are before the Food and Drug Administration awaiting emergency approval.  If all goes well, the first batch of doses …
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 …
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 …
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.
Rich Lowry / New York Post:
Joe Biden looks bent on restoring chaos at the border  —  One of Joe Biden's first priorities as president will be to risk stoking a new migrant crisis.  After much trial and error, President Trump came up with ­arrangements with Mexico and Central American countries that drastically diminished …
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr / The American Spectator:
This Election Stinks  —  Is something rotten in Denmark?  —  W  —  ashington  —  I have been on the fence.  Ever since the election on November 3, I have been on the fence.  I am prepared to accept the will of the people, and only in the election of 1960 was there evidence of a presidential election being stolen by either party.
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Trump threatens to veto major defense bill unless Congress repeals Section 230, a legal shield for tech giants  —  President Trump on Tuesday threatened to veto an annual defense bill authorizing nearly $1 trillion in military spending unless Congress opens the door for Facebook …
Elaina Plott / New York Times:
As Trump Rages, Voters in a Key County Move On: 'I'm Not Sweating It'  —  Pre-election tensions ran high in Bucks County, Pa. But Biden supporters there are increasingly comfortable tuning President Trump out and moving on, with an eye toward January.  —  DOYLESTOWN, Pa. …
 
 
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Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
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