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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:
New supporters of Trump’s desperate demand
Friday, December 11, 3:25 am: In the dispute over the outcome of the US presidential elections, fronts are being built before the Supreme Court. On Thursday, six other states applied for permission to join a lawsuit brought by Texas that was deemed completely desperate. The goal of the lawsuit is to deprive Joe Biden of his Nov. 3 election victory. 22 US states and territories have already presented their arguments against the Texas lawsuit. Earlier, Trump also requested to join the lawsuit. According to the consensus of experts, the lawsuit has no prospect of success, if it is accepted.
Trump’s lawyers and his supporters have already lost more than 50 lawsuits against the election. Trump claims his victory was stolen from him by massive fraud in favor of Biden. Neither he nor his attorneys provided evidence, and accounts in individual states confirmed Biden’s victory. In addition to the electoral authorities, the United States Attorney General, William Barr, recently said that no irregularities or fraud had been found to the extent that they could change the outcome of the elections.
Biden wants to reverse Trump’s decrees
Friday, December 11, 1:53 am: By his own admission, Joe Biden only wants to act on his own up to a point, without Congress. But it will overturn “every single damn thing” incumbent Donald Trump has pushed for by decree, Biden said in a phone call with civil rights activists, like the news site. Interception reported.
Trump had repeatedly resorted to the instrument of the presidential decree to promote projects, for example in immigration policy. But Trump’s predecessor, Barack Obama, also made multiple use of the edicts because his plans were repeatedly blocked in the Republican-controlled Senate.
Biden emphasized that he would always use this instrument in accordance with the constitution. Demands of the left such as the prohibition by decree of high-powered firearms are not compatible with this.
Katherine Tai will become the US Trade Representative.
Thursday, December 10, 12:58 am: According to various US media, trade expert Katherine Tai will become the trade representative of the Biden government. Tai, who speaks fluent Mandarin and is considered a pragmatic problem solver, faces a big task. Outgoing President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of a series of free trade agreements and waged a trade war with China that was temporarily halted but has yet to be truly resolved.
Tai has previously served as an advisor to a key trade committee in the House of Representatives and has served in China in the office of the United States Trade Representative. For his new position he has to be confirmed by the Senate.
Tax investigation against Joe Biden’s son, Hunter
Wednesday, December 9, 10:25 pm: The Delaware state attorney’s office opened an investigation against Hunter Biden, the son of President-elect Joe Biden. Hunter Biden announced on Wednesday (local time) through his father’s team that his lawyers had been informed of the investigation the previous day by the prosecutor in the US state of Delaware. He took the matter seriously, but was confident that an objective investigation would show that he was not guilty of anything.
The name Hunter Biden had become known internationally on the Ukrainian affair. Between 2014 and 2019 he held a lucrative position on the supervisory board of the Ukrainian gas company Burisma. Outgoing President Donald Trump accused Joe Biden in the election campaign of stopping corruption investigations against Burisma and his son through his influence as then-Vice President of the United States. Trump did not provide any evidence to support these accusations.
The future president had dismissed the attacks against him and his family in the election campaign as a smear campaign. Biden’s team said they were proud of their son. Hunter Biden had to face serious challenges, “including fierce personal attacks in recent months.” He came out of her stronger.
Marcia Fudge will be the Secretary of Housing of the United States, Tom Vilsack Secretary of Agriculture
Wednesday, December 9, 12:27 am: According to various US media, Congresswoman Marcia Fudge will become Minister of Housing and Urban Development in Joe Biden’s cabinet. The Democrat has been a member of the House of Representatives for the US state of Ohio since 2008.
Fudge made a name for himself in the House of Representatives with his work on the Committee on Agriculture. Among other things, his name appeared earlier in connection with the search for candidates for the Ministry of Agriculture. Among other things, Jim Clyburn, a Democratic representative in the House of Representatives, campaigned for them.
Fudge was a fantastic candidate, he had told CNN television. Although he proposed her to the agriculture department, he was confident that regardless of Biden’s election to the agriculture ministry, she should get a cabinet position.
Additionally, the former Governor of the US state of Iowa, Tom Vilsack, will serve as Secretary of Agriculture in Biden’s cabinet. Vilsack already held the position in the administration of Barack Obama. Pete Buttigieg, Biden’s former presidential candidate, is under discussion as the new ambassador to China.
Trump camp loses Supreme Court election battle
Tuesday, December 8, 6:30 pm: Donald Trump’s side suffered another bitter defeat in the legal battle against the lost presidential election, this time in the United States Supreme Court. The Washington Supreme Court rejected this Tuesday night (local time) a request for an injunction with which the Republican Trump and his supporters wanted to annul the victory of Democrat Joe Biden in the US state of Pennsylvania. In the short decision, the court did not comment on the reasons. There were also no votes against the nine judges. This means that Trump’s side has been unsuccessful in more than 45 court cases. Only in one case, involving a few votes, did Trump’s side win.
Trump has been claiming since the Nov. 3 election that massive fraud stole his victory. So far, neither he nor his lawyers have been able to provide convincing evidence. Attorney General William Barr also said last week that he had no evidence of fraud to the extent that it would alter the outcome.
Pennsylvania had already certified the result of the elections on November 23. The applicants wanted the certification revoked. State attorneys had warned the Supreme Court of such a “dramatic” move. They argued: “No court has ever issued an order invalidating the governor’s confirmation of the results of a presidential election.”
Texas goes to Supreme Court in Trump election dispute
Tuesday, December 8, 6:30 pm: In the United States, the Donald Trump camp is making another attempt to challenge the election in the Supreme Court after dozens of lawsuits dismissed. Texas State Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing four other states.
In the lawsuit published Tuesday, he asked that the election results in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin be invalidated. There, Democratic challenger Joe Biden had secured victory in part long before Trump. It is unclear whether the Washington Supreme Court will accept the lawsuit.
As one reason, Paxton cited that the constitution had been violated in all four states, not least because voters were treated unequally and there were irregularities.
270 of the total 538 electoral votes are required for victory. Biden had 305 voters behind him in the November 3 election. The voting of the electorate, which normally votes according to the results of their states, is scheduled for December 14. However, the so-called Safe Harbor Day, which is the deadline to vote for voters in all 50 states.
Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin combined have about 62 votes, and the lawsuit ultimately over Biden’s takeover. Paxton wants the electorates in these states to be commissioned by local parliaments or not appointed in the first place. Trump has been claiming since the election that massive fraud stole his victory. Neither he nor his lawyers could provide evidence. Since then, lawsuits have been dismissed in various states in more than three dozen cases.
Paxton follows the sometimes adventurous argumentation of the above demands: The probability of Biden’s electoral victory in all four states is said to be one in a quadrillion. Even before the election, Trump had set out to quickly fill a vacant Supreme Court seat with conservative attorney Amy Coney Barrett, and touched on a possible dispute over the election outcome. Conservatives now dominate the court with a majority of six to three votes.
Biden appoints his defense minister
Tuesday, December 8, 2:54 am: US President-elect Joe Biden wants to fill more key positions with confidants from his time as vice president under former President Barack Obama. Biden has decided to appoint retired General Lloyd Austin as Secretary of Defense, according to various US media.
Austin, 67, was most recently commander of the US Forces in the Middle East (Centcom) from 2013 until his retirement in 2016 and is thus familiar with today’s hot spots. Centcom is responsible for US operations in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan, among others. At the beginning of his career of more than 40 years in the US military, Austin was initially deployed to Germany, according to Centcom.
He would be the first African-American Secretary of Defense in the history of the United States. Austin is considered controversial in some progressive groups, however, as he sits on the board of directors of gun manufacturer Raytheon Technologies. Biden had previously announced that he would appoint his new defense minister on Friday.
