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In an angry interview with Fox News on Sunday morning, President Donald Trump promoted false conspiracy theories surrounding his electoral defeat while claiming that some states allowed voters to turn in ballots after Election Day and that the FBI , the Justice Department and the federal court system were complicit. in an attempt to cover up an alleged electoral fraud.
A day earlier, he suffered another setback in his attempt to overturn the result after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit that sought to invalidate the state’s mail-in ballots from the 2020 elections. By Sunday, he admitted it would be “difficult reach the Supreme Court “given the apparent failure to overturn election results in key states.
Meanwhile, Biden’s transition team announced that President-elect Joe Biden has hired an all-female team to lead communications during his presidency, a first for any White House. There are also reports of two more women joining Janet Yellen as nominees for higher economic positions.
When the dating news broke, Biden was in the office of a Delaware orthopedist with an ankle injury while playing with his dog, Major. The transition team said they took him there “as a precaution.”
Check out The Independent’s reports and live coverage below:
Biden may require a walking boot for several weeks
Joe Biden’s doctor says the “small fractures” in the president-elect’s midfoot mean he will likely require a walking boot for several weeks.
Oliver O’ConnellNovember 30, 2020 12:24 AM
Biden to host daily presidential briefing on Monday
President-elect Joe Biden will host the daily presidential briefing for the first time on Monday.
Oliver O’ConnellNovember 30, 2020 12:22 AM
Top 5 false and fanciful claims from Trump’s Fox News interview
It was the president’s first interview since the election, and he dropped factual accusations without interruption.
Oliver O’Connell29 November 2020 23:15
Poll shows great disapproval of Trump’s handling of the post-election period
A YouGov / Economist poll shows 60 percent of Americans disapprove of Donald Trump’s handling of the post-election period.
Oliver O’Connell29 November 2020 23:57
Biden on the move again
With a thumbs up to the press bus.
Oliver O’Connell29 November 2020 23:52
Pennsylvania lawmaker tests positive for Covid at Trump meeting
The AP reports that Republican state Senator Doug Mastriano had to abruptly leave a West Wing meeting with Donald Trump after being informed that he had tested positive for Covid-19, according to sources.
Mastriano was one of the hosts of the “hearing” of more than four hours on the allegations of electoral fraud in his state, held at a hotel in Gettysburg last week. He remained unmasked during the meeting in the crowded ballroom.
He attended the White House meeting Wednesday with other Republican state legislators to discuss efforts to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the state.
The meeting continued without him, and Trump told Mastriano that he, his son and his son’s friend, who were also there, would be seen by White House medical personnel.
All meeting participants took rapid tests for Covid-19, but the results were not announced until they were inside the west wing.
Mastriano is a conservative from a rural district in central Pennsylvania and an outspoken Trump supporter. He has aggressively opposed policies under Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus and keep people safe.
Oliver O’Connell29 November 2020 23:50
Video of Biden as he heads to the second doctor’s office
The president-elect is on a second appointment with the doctor.
According to radio pool reporter Franco Ordóñez:
“At 6.23pm… Biden’s motorcade stopped at another doctor’s office, the Delaware Imaging Network, where he will receive a CT scan. His aide did not see the president-elect get out of his vehicle, but a television cameraman said he captured Biden briefly. And that she was limping, but she didn’t see any kind of crutch or boot ”.
Oliver O’Connell29 November 2020 23:38
Jill Biden ‘excited’ by the head of the FLOTUS communications team
Oliver O’Connell29 November 2020 23:13
A complete timeline of everything Trump said in his first television interview since the election.
Arguably, against his better judgment, Trump has come out of the underground he’s been in since the election to give his first television interview on where else? – Fox News.
So what did the president actually say?
Oliver O’Connell29 November 2020 22:56
Update: Biden’s ankle injury
President-elect Joe Biden’s physician Kevin O’Connor says: “President-elect Joe Biden sprained his right foot. Initial X-rays are reassuring that there is no obvious fracture and that he will receive an additional CT scan for more. detailed pictures “.
A spokesperson for the transition team adds as background: “To avoid disrupting regularly scheduled appointments on Monday, arrangements were made for President-elect Biden to receive an X-ray and then an additional CT on Sunday afternoon, with the expected delays involved in opening closed offices and giving staff time to set up. “
Oliver O’Connell29 November 2020 23:04
