Trump News Live: Latest Updates and Pardons As President Delivers Farewell Address

by Independent Premium, Joe Sommerlad discusses the unprecedented end of an unprecedented presidency.

“It seems entirely appropriate that a 20-part series on the presidency of Donald J. Trump has to be extended to a chapter 21 to accommodate the extraordinary chaos of his final weeks in office. Just two days after 2021, the president, still clinging to his claim that the elections had been “stolen”, despite the fact that no evidence had been found to prove his claims of “massive electoral fraud” and with more than 60 cases judicial dismissed, he found himself. mired in even more scandal once again regarding his behavior on a phone call. “

Mike Pence posted four photos in his Twitter farewell message to the country, but none of them featured Donald Trump.

The vice president and Trump have reportedly suffered from a deteriorating relationship after Pence refused to help him reverse his electoral loss to Joe Biden.

The president had pressured Pence to refuse to certify Biden’s victory the day his supporters stormed the Capitol.

In a farewell message, Ivanka Trump echoed Donald Trump’s call to pray for the success of the incoming Biden administration.

“I came to Washington to fight for American families and I am feeling that I have,” he said.

Kamala Harris could preside over the impeachment of Donald Trump in the Senate if Chief Justice John Roberts refuses to participate.

The Constitution of the United States requires that the Chief Justice of the United States preside over presidential impeachment trials. However, the document is unclear as to what happens if a president leaves office when his trial begins.

According to Politico, Judge Roberts has said that he “does not want to participate any more” in the process against the president. Roberts presided over Trump’s first impeachment trial.

Donald Trump released a pre-recorded farewell video today, bragging, often wrongly, of his administration’s accomplishments. Some social media users noted that the video was not broadcast on major news broadcasts.

“Only Newsmax is broadcasting Trump’s farewell video,” Washington Post reporter Jeremy Barr tweeted. Shortly after sharing the tweet, Fox News announced that it would also publish the president’s message in its entirety.

On his last night, the president is releasing more information related to the Hurricane Crossfire investigation from his presidential campaign.

Below is Donald Trump’s full directive, via White House Correspondent Andrew Solender.

As Fox News shows viewers supporting Trump on Newsmax and OAN, the network is laying off just under 20 employees.

According to The Washington Post, one of them is Chris Stirewalt of Fox’s decision-making desk. Stirewalt came under heavy criticism from the Trump campaign and his supporters for calling Biden to Arizona early on election night.

Bill Sammon, a Fox Washington managing editor who also served at the decision table with Stirewalt, also announced his retirement Monday.

A Fox spokesperson told the Post that its digital arm had “realigned its business and reporting structure to meet the demands of this new era.”

Dr. Jennifer Hoewe, assistant professor of communication at Purdue University, believes one of the president’s lasting legacies will be a renewed focus on teaching media literacy in the US.

“We will begin to rethink what it means to be media literate. Americans have been taught to be critical of media content, and it has led some to exclusively consume and believe in media content that agrees with their political perspective, “said Dr. Hoewe.

The world is watching the inauguration of Joe Biden, writes Griffin Connolly.

“The dictators are taking notice. What does the United States represent? Here’s what that vigilant world will see on inauguration day: a fortress in Washington, a city whose 700,000 residents have done “Be Safe! a standard two-word exhortation as part of their parting warmths when they leave the grocery store, leave the carpool, say goodbye to friends at the dog park. “