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President Donald Trump is refusing to concede the 2020 election to President-elect Joe Biden. Eventually, Trump will have to accept defeat and concede the race. CNN reports that Trump could use his expansive pardon power to try to settle legal questions on his way out the door. Will Trump consider granting himself a pardon? He faces state investigations into his business and finances. There is also the prospect of federal investigators scrutinizing him after he leaves office. There is no law saying Trump cannot pardon himself. Trump's pardons would only cover federal crimes. Trump still faces ongoing investigations into his Organization by the New York attorney general and the Manhattan district attorney.
Georgia's Republican Rep. Doug Collins served in the House for seven years and has raised his political profile as the ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee. However, Business Insider reports his reelection campaign is under fire for showing numerous ads featuring Collins wearing his US Air Force uniform. Collins serves as a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force Reserves. He previously deployed to Iraq as a chaplain. Several of Collins' images appeared to violate the Defense Department's regulations intended to protect the military's apolitical status. Ads must indicate their retired or reserve status and include a disclaimer stating that the Defense Department does not necessarily endorse them. Attorney Michael Weinstein is the founder of the non-profit group Military Religious Freedom Foundation. He described the ads as a 'shameful' violation. He's like the sole star of these ads. That's not biographical. That's political. He's using it for a partisan, political agenda. It's pathetic. It's putrescent. Michael Weinstein, Attorney Founder, Military Religious Freedom Foundation
Apoplectic Republican Senate Judiciary Committee members plan to subpoena Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. They want him to testify about Twitter's decision to block links to a dubious New York Post article about Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden. The New York Post article contains unverified emails purportedly taken from Hunter Biden's laptop. Twitter says it considered the emails to have been hacked. According to Business Insider, those same emails were provided to the newspaper by Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump's personal lawyer. Hunter Biden has denied the story's veracity. Twitter said it blocked people from sharing links to the Post's story Wednesday for violating its policies against distributing 'hacked materials.'
Washington DC, Dec 3 (EFE/EPA).- The Intelligence Committee of the US House of Representatives said Tuesday that its impeachment probe of President Donald Trump uncovered "overwhelming" evidence that the occupant of the White House has engaged in misconduct (Camera: GREG MILLER).FOOTAGE SHOWING A PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE PROGRESSION OF THE IMPEACHMENT INVESTIGATION OF US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ON CAPITOL HILL IN WASHINGTON, DC.SOUNDBITES: ADAM SCHIFF, DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVE FROM CALIFORNIA AND CHAIRMAN OF THE US HOUSE PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE (IN ENGLISH).
Former Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller is sworn in before the House Intelligence Committee as he continues a marathon day of testimony on his investigation into Russian election interference. IMAGES
The White House says it was "deeply troubled" by the first-ever execution in the United States using nitrogen gas. "We are deeply troubled by it," White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre says of Alabama's execution of an inmate on Thursday using nitrogen asphyxiation. SOUNDBITE