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Politico reports that President Donald Trump is considering pardoning as many as 20 close associates before he leaves office in January. Who would he pardon? According to Business insider they include his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, as well as his three eldest children, as The New York Times previously reported. However, the president is said to be concerned about whether the preemptive pardons could look like a public admission of guilt. Trump and his allies will face a slew of civil and criminal investigations on a federal and state level once he leaves office in January. The pardon power does not apply to state offenses.
It's time for the Olympics! NBA basketball player Tony Parker arrived in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, alongside both the Mens and Womens French Olympic basketball teams. The San Antonio Spurs star will lead the French Mens team in the 2016 Rio Olympics, and French supporters have high hopes for the decorated NBA player to lead their team to victory in the Olympic tournament.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he will speak to his Russian counterpart for the first time since the Ukraine invasion but would narrowly focus the call to priorities including the release of detained Americans. SOUNDBITE
"This would be a sign of de-escalation that we have been calling for for several weeks," says French government spokesman Gabriel Attal at the end of the Council of Ministers, after Russia said it was pulling back some of its forces near the Ukrainian border to their bases. IMAGES
Russian president Vladimir Putin holds a press conference with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Moscow, as Macron visits the Russian capital amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. IMAGES
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he will speak to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov "in the coming days" for its response to the US stance. SOUNDBITE
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