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Most Americans have chosen Democrat Joe Biden as the next president of the United States. Still, the incumbent Donald Trump is trying to do everything he can to overturn Biden’s victory on the legal path. All news and updates at a glance:
Trump suggests new candidacy in 2024 at Christmas party
Wednesday, December 2, 9:34 pm: Outgoing US President Donald Trump hinted at a new 2024 candidacy at a Christmas party at the White House. “It’s been a fantastic four years,” Trump told the many Republicans who attended the celebration Wednesday. “We’re trying to do another four years. Otherwise, I’ll see you in four years.”
Trump did not admit defeat in the November 3 election and speaks of electoral fraud. However, more recently, Attorney General William Barr admitted that there was no evidence of serious wrongdoing. Presidents of the United States can serve a total of two terms of four years each. So far, Grover Cleveland has only served two non-consecutive terms. He was president from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897.
Trump is said to be considering preventive amnesties for relatives
Wednesday, December 2, 4:24 am: In the final weeks of his term, US President Donald Trump is apparently trying to protect family members and other close people from possible criminal investigations after his term ends. As the New York Times The Republican incumbent is reported to have spoken with advisers about granting pretrial pardons to his son Donald Jr., daughter Ivanka and husband Jared Kushner. According to the report, Trump is also considering this possibility for his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani and is said to have spoken with him about it. Giuliani had been propelling the Trump campaign over alleged large-scale election fraud in recent weeks.
The newspaper bases its coverage on two people familiar with the matter. Trump is said to have repeatedly voiced his fears that a Justice Department led by his Democratic adversary Joe Biden could launch an investigation into his children. Donald Trump Jr. was attacked by special counsel Robert Mueller during the Russia investigation: the president’s eldest son was accused of negotiating with Russian contacts over information that should have harmed Trump’s opponent, Hillary Clinton, in the election campaign of 2016. However, there was never any charge. Jared Kushner, one of his father-in-law’s closest advisers, made false statements to federal agencies to obtain his security clearance from the White House.
It is not clear New York Times according to exactly what Trump fears about his daughter Ivanka and his youngest son Eric. Possibly, the newspaper writes, an ongoing investigation by the prosecutor in New York against the Trump Organization. In the room there are, among other things, possible tax offenses from which at least Ivanka could have benefited. However, presidential amnesties would only be relevant at the federal level, not for crimes at the state or local level.
At the same time, the US judiciary is investigating possible bribery attempts in connection with the waivers, as it became known Tuesday. Specifically, these are alleged bribery payments at the prospect of a pardon by the US president. More than 50 laptops, iPads and other digital devices were seized as part of the investigation.
A 20-page court document released by a federal court in the capital, Washington, does not reveal who could be involved in the possible crime. Names and much of the document have been crossed out. It was also not made public who should benefit from the exemptions. However, it is clear from court files that there are suspects accused of secretly trying to influence government officials to have sentences passed or sentences changed. No charges have yet been filed in the case.
Sanctions at the end of a president’s term are not uncommon in the US Last week, US President Trump ended the year-long investigation against his former national security adviser Michael Flynn with an amnesty. And other Trump allies are likely to await his intervention. These include his 2016 election campaign advisers Rick Gates and George Papadopoulos, who, like Flynn, had been convicted in connection with the Russia investigations.
In Washington, there is also speculation that Trump could also try to forgive himself for possible violations of the law at the federal level.
Barr: no evidence of widespread voter fraud
Tuesday, December 1, 8:20 pm: United States Attorney General William Barr disagreed with President Donald Trump and denied the allegations of massive voter fraud four weeks ago. The Justice Department had not found any major irregularities that could have changed the election results, Barr said in an interview with the AP news agency on Tuesday.
Trump’s lawyers rejected Barr’s version. Trump’s attorneys, Rudy Giuliani and Jenna Ellis, announced Tuesday that there was “no trace” of an investigation by the Justice Department. “We have gathered extensive evidence of illegal voting in at least six states.”
Barr said prosecutors and FBI agents across the country were investigating allegations and indications of suspected fraud. “To date, we have not seen any fraud on a scale that results in a different election result,” Barr said.
The justice minister is considered an important confidant of presidents, so his remarks are likely to hurt Trump particularly. Before the election, Barr, like Trump, suspected that the increased use of vote-by-mail in the Corona year could lead to electoral fraud.
A week after the election, Barr issued a directive to US prosecutors allowing them to investigate “substantive allegations” of voter fraud. With this order, prosecutors were able to circumvent a directive from the Ministry of Justice, which in effect prohibits such a procedure before the official confirmation of the election results. Top election crimes prosecutor Richard Pilger announced his resignation in response to Barr’s order
Trump is suing again against the election result in Wisconsin
Tuesday, December 1, 8:20 pm: Donald Trump makes a new attempt to annul the result of the lost presidential elections in the US state of Wisconsin. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, attorneys for the president of the United States asked that more than 220,000 postal ballots be ignored because they were submitted illegally. Wisconsin had officially confirmed the results of the presidential election the day before with the victory of challenger Joe Biden in the state.
At the request and at the expense of the Trump team, votes had been re-counted in two Wisconsin counties. President-elect Biden received a total of 87 more votes. Thus, Donald Trump is still far behind Biden in Wisconsin, who received nearly 20,700 more votes.
Trump’s crown adviser defends himself against criticism
Tuesday, December 1, 3:40 am: Controversial adviser to the crown to current US President Donald Trump, radiologist Scott Atlas, has resigned. In a letter to Trump, he wrote: “I have worked hard and focused on one thing: saving lives and helping Americans overcome this pandemic.”
The radiologist had worked for the United States government since August. According to constant media reports, his contract would have expired after 130 days this week anyway. Now he uses his resignation statement to defend himself against criticism. Atlas himself claimed that he always relied on the latest scientific knowledge and did so “without any consideration or political influence.”
In fact, the doctor had spoken out against the strict containment measures and had questioned the usefulness of the masks. In doing so, he received criticism in particular from another member of the Corona task force in the White House: Prominent immunologist Anthony Fauci has publicly disagreed with Atlas’ views.
In mid-November, after the tightening of crown regulations in states like Michigan, Atlas wrote on Twitter: “It only ends when the people get up.” The tweet was also explosive because just a few weeks earlier a group of suspects who investigators said wanted to kidnap and possibly kill Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer had been arrested because of the previous crown measures. Atlas later wrote that he did not want to incite violence.
The radiologist wrote in his resignation letter that he wished the “new team” only the best, apparently referring to President-elect Joe Biden.
