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Trump assumes his presidency shortly before the end of his presidency former security advisor Michael Flynn forgave. Flynn was involved in the Russian affair.
President elect Joe Biden has an important part of your Cabinet presented. John Kerry, secretary of state under Barack Obama, will become special envoy for the climate. As foreign minister, Biden envisions seasoned foreign politician Antony Blinken. Former Fed Chief Janet Yellen will become Finance Minister.
Donald holder Triumph said on Twitter that he had ordered authorities to to cooperate with the Biden team. Trump continues to attempt to reverse the election result by court decision.
As expected, the results are unchanged. Joe Biden wins the election with 306 voters, Donald Trump arrives at 232.
Democrats defend their majority in the House of Representatives. Which party has the majority in the senate it will be decided in a second ballot for both Georgia Senate seats in January.
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Trump pardons former security adviser Flynn
US President Donald Trump pardoned his former national security adviser Michael Flynn. “It is a great honor for me to announce that General Michael T. Flynn has received a full pardon,” Trump wrote on Twitter.
Flynn had only been in the position as a consultant for just over three weeks in 2017. Later, in the course of the investigation into possible Russian influence in the 2016 presidential election, he admitted that he had lied to the Federal Police of the FBI. He confessed that he had told the falsehood about the talks with the then Russian ambassador to the United States, Sergei Kisljak, a few weeks before Trump took office.
The case recently stuck in federal court after several legal twists and turns. Trump has long considered forgiving his confidant. Democrats view Flynn’s pardon shortly before the end of Trump’s presidency as an abuse of power.
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The governor of Pennsylvania, Tom Wolf has confirmed Joe Biden as the winner of the Pennsylvania presidential election. In Nevada, where Biden also won, the local Supreme Court completed the legally required review of the results. Trump gasps in an attempt to reverse the election result with legal attacks.
the Deliver may begin and the formation of a government is also taking shape. President-elect of the United States, Joe Biden, has Ministries its Nominations Announced. However, not all positions have been filled yet, and the Senate has yet to give approval to the nominees anyway.
the Chinese President Xi Jinping won the election of US President-elect Joe Biden congratulates. Xi expressed hope for good cooperation amid conflicts over trade, technology and security. The Chinese government is one of the last to congratulate Biden on winning the election.
Donald Triumph he would be the Republican candidate of choice in a hypothetical primary election for the presidential campaign in four years. He should have Support of 53 percent of party supporters and Republican sympathizers. That comes from a survey by the magazine «Politico», Link opens in a new window and the Morning Consult survey institute.
Read more about the US presidential elections here.
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Tagesschau, November 25, 2020, 8:00 p.m.
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