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7:05 AM ET, December 25, 2020

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Jon Swaine / Washington Post:
Sidney Powell's secret intelligence contractor witness is a pro-Trump podcaster  —  As she asked the U.S. Supreme Court this month to overturn President Trump's election loss, the attorney Sidney Powell cited testimony from a secret witness presented as a former intelligence contractor …
David Martosko / Newsweek:
Sidney Powell Wants to Fight for Donald Trump—But His Aides Won't Let Her, She Says  —  President Donald J. Trump says he wants a lawyer to probe “election theft,” but the president's leading candidate, Sidney Powell, says she has been barred from the White House by the president's own chief of staff.
Discussion: The Hill and The Gateway Pundit
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Matt Naham / Law & Crime:
Lawyers for Dominion Voting Systems Sent 21 Retraction or Record Preservation Demand Letters This Week — Read Them All Here
Discussion: Forbes and Raw Story
Politico:
Democrats shatter fundraising records ahead of Georgia Senate runoffs  —  Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock shattered fundraising records by hauling in more than $100 million each in the past two months, significantly outraising GOP Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler in the final stretch …
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Bill Allison / Bloomberg:
Democrat Ossoff's Fundraising Tops $106 Million In Georgia Senate Race  — Two-month haul triple what Democrat had raised previously  — Grassroots donors rally around Ossoff, giving $49.6 million  —  Democrat Jon Ossoff's bid for a Georgia Senate seat raised $106.8 million over the last two months …
Washington Post:
Families on brink of eviction, hunger describe nightmare Christmas as $900 billion relief bill hangs in limbo  —  About 14 million Americans will lose unemployment aid on Saturday after President Trump and Congress were unable to reach a deal.  —  Millions of Americans who are hours away …
Discussion: Raw Story, The Hill, CNN, IJR and Political Wire
CNN:
FBI team leader: How I know the Blackwater defendants didn't deserve a pardon from Trump  —  Thomas O'Connor served for 23 years as an FBI special agent before retiring in 2019.  The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own.  View more opinion at CNN.
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Samya Kullab / Associated Press:   Relative of Blackwater victim in Iraq says pardons ‘unfair’
Gabor Rona / Just Security:   Can a Pardon Be a War Crime?: When Pardons Themselves Violate the Laws of War
Laurel Wamsley / NPR:
Shock And Dismay After Trump Pardons Blackwater Guards Who Killed 14 Iraqi Civilians
Discussion: New York Times
CNN:
Frustrated Trump met with Pence before holiday break  —  Washington (CNN)Hours before President Donald Trump retweeted a message for his vice president to “act” in stopping the ratification of the Electoral College, he met for more than an hour in the Oval Office with Mike Pence …
Washington Post:
Trump wields pardon power as political weapon, rewarding loyalists and undermining prosecutors  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Among the dozens of people who received pardons from President Trump this week were several who lied to investigators and obstructed a federal probe into the president's links to Russia.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Hunter Walker / Yahoo News:
Jared Kushner played a key role in White House pardon ‘free for all’
Discussion: Gothamist and The Guardian
Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Here Are the Questionable Trump Pardons That You Did Not Hear About Last Night
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
Answering Trump, Democrats Try and Fail to Jam $2,000 Payments Through House  —  In a brief bit of political theater, the House majority leader opened the House for business to ask for unanimous consent to accede to President Trump's request for larger checks.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Republicans raging at Trump are getting exactly what they deserve
Billy House / Bloomberg:
Pelosi Sets New Vote as GOP Foils Move on Trump's $2,000 Checks
Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:
Republican Mississippi Senator: Trump's Pardons ‘Smack of Cronyism and Political Favors’  —  Sen. Brice Wiggins, a prominent Republican member of the Mississippi Senate from Pascagoula, broke ranks with most members of his party in the state last night as he criticized President Donald Trump's ongoing pardon spree.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Orlando Sentinel:
DeSantis spokesman Piccolo deletes his Twitter account after tweet about COVID-19 victims  —  Fred Piccolo, spokesman for Gov. Ron DeSantis, deactivated his Twitter account Wednesday after he tweeted in the middle of night that photos of each dead COVID-19 victim should be balanced with 99 photos of people who survive the disease.
Discussion: Florida Politics
New York Times:
Behind Trump Clemency, a Case Study in Special Access  —  Philip Esformes was sentenced last year to 20 years for Medicare fraud.  Then a well-connected organization supported by his family weighed in with the White House.  —  Philip Esformes acquired a $1.6 million Ferrari and a $360,000 Swiss watch …
Discussion: The Intellectualist
Washington Post:
Pence under pressure as the final step nears in formalizing Biden's win  —  Vice President Pence urged an audience of conservative youth activists earlier this week to “stay in the fight,” as they chanted “Four more years” and “Stop the steal” to trumpet their embrace of the groundless notion …
Discussion: The Pipeline
Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Judge dismisses GOP lawsuit to limit Georgia ballot drop box hours  —  A Fulton County judge dismissed a Republican Party lawsuit Thursday that tried to close absentee ballot drop boxes after normal business hours.  —  Superior Court Judge Kimberly Esmond Adams' ruling allows voters …
Discussion: The Hill
Washington Post:
As Biden zeroes in on attorney general pick, some worry one contender is too moderate on criminal justice issues  —  As President-elect Joe Biden seeks an attorney general who can restore public faith in the Justice Department as an independent law enforcement institution while boosting internal morale …
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Could Trump declare martial law to try to steal the election?  —  That and other efforts his allies are floating won't work, say legal and national security experts.  Here's why.  —  He's thought about it.  He's hosted political and legal outcasts at the White House to talk about it.
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Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Jenna Ellis, Trump campaign legal adviser, pans calls for martial law
Discussion: Washington Post
Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
USPS and civil rights groups reach deal to fast-track ballots in Georgia runoff elections  —  The Postal Service agrees to treat ballots as express mail and take other steps to expedite delivery ahead of the Jan. 5 vote, avoiding a court fight  —  Civil rights groups and the U.S. Postal Service struck …
Discussion: Business Insider, CNN, The Hill and Forbes
 
 
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