Trump news live: latest updates as President rages at Barr over Biden probe

While Donald Trump has claimed that “thousands” of people are “training” in Washington DC to protest Joe Biden’s election victory, early images suggest that he is currently quite a bit smaller.

That, of course, could dramatically increase as we move into the afternoon. Trump has suggested that he will visit the march in some way, probably passing the crowd waving as he did previously.

President-elect Joe Biden is heading to Philadelphia for a medical appointment regarding his broken foot, according to AP White House reporter Jonathan Lemire.

Biden sustained the fracture while playing with the family dog, his team said at the time.

Enrique Tarrio, leader of the white supremacist group Proud Boys, posted on Parler, a social network popular with conservatives, which seems to suggest he is in the White House.

The post was discovered by LA Times reporter Chris Megerian.

President-elect Joe Biden said he could reopen “most” American schools during his first 100 days in office, but only if Congress provides the necessary funds.

“If we get the funding from Congress, we can get most of our schools open during our first 100 days,” he said while presenting more of his nominees and appointments on Friday. “But Congress has to act.”

The veteran senator from Delaware acknowledged that talks on a new coronavirus relief measure of around $ 900 million have stalled in Washington, with both sides accusing the other of failing to offer a serious proposal and are unwilling to give up on one. of their demands.

Donald Trump has said he will “see” protesters who are gathering in the capital to allege without evidence that President-elect Joe Biden won the election against Trump illegitimately.

Organizers Stop The Steal, which is linked to pro-Trump operation Roger Stone, and church groups urged supporters to attend “Jericho Marches” and prayer rallies. These are planned on the National Mall in Washington and in the capitals of Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada and Arizona, where the Trump campaign has baselessly questioned the vote count.

Donald Trump, after stating that “HE JUST BEGAN FIGHTING,” redoubled his attacks on Bill Barr, who as nominally independent attorney general has been extraordinarily loyal to the president.

“Why didn’t Bill Barr reveal the truth to the public, before the election, about Hunter Biden? Joe was lying on the stage of the debate saying nothing was wrong, or was happening, Press confirmed. Big disadvantage for Republicans at the polls! “Trump tweeted.

It comes after a Wall Street Journal report claimed Barr was aware of the investigations involving Joe Biden’s son Hunter, but did not make that knowledge public.

In a new series of tweets, Donald Trump suggested that he fire Attorney General Bill Barr after the investigations involving Hunter Biden were not made public before the November election.

Trump retweeted a post that said, “If the Wall Street Journal story is true and Attorney General Barr knew in the spring about the Biden investigation and kept it a secret, he should be fired today at the end of the deal.”

The president himself added of Mr. Barr: “A great disappointment!”

the Wall street journal The article apparently referenced in the tweets claims that Mr. Barr “worked to prevent” public disclosure of the investigations into Joe Biden’s son.

“IF Biden comes in, nothing will happen to Hunter or Joe. Barr will do nothing, and the new group of partisan assassins that will enter will kill everything quickly. The same goes for Durham. We caught them cold, spying, betraying and more (the hard part), but ‘Justice’ took too long. It will be DOA! “Trump tweeted later.

Despite Trump’s wild claims, there is no evidence that Joe Biden was wrong, and the claim that the Trump campaign was spied on is contested at best. There is no suggestion that anyone involved in investigating Trump’s connections to Russia has committed treason.

“African peacekeepers in America after Trump steals the election,” wrote Daily Show host Trevor Noah on Instagram this week. “Good good good. Refusing to give up power, rampant disease and high unemployment. Who’s the jerk now, huh?”

In 1797, the first president of this nation, George Washington, handed over the presidency to his vice president, John Adams. It was a completely ordinary act in a democracy, a peaceful transfer of power between heads of state. However, it was extraordinary because it was the first time in the history of this country that it was done, writes Carli Pierson.

Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, who is now a high-profile opponent of the president, tweeted that he is “in vogue” for running against one of dozens of Republicans in Congress who backed attempts to overturn the election in the Supreme Court.

It’s unclear how serious the comments were by Cohen, who was jailed for campaign finance violations while helping Trump take office.

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance has been investigating Donald Trump’s banking associates since the 1990s as part of his ongoing investigation into the president.

According to The New York Times, Vance and his team have questioned “several employees” at Deutsche Bank, which loaned Trump money in the late 1990s when no one else would.

Although it is not yet clear whether Vance’s office will press charges against Trump, it appears that his investigation is expanding, not contracting, as the president’s term draws to a close.