Georgia Republican Governor Brian Kemp called for a signature audit of the state&#8217;s election results on Thursday night during an interview on Fox News, saying that some of what allegedly came out today during a Georgia Senate Government Oversight Committee hearing was &#8220;concerning.&#8221;
“You know, I’ve called early on for a signature audit, obviously the secretary of state, per the laws and the Constitution would have to order that; he has not done that,” Kemp said. “I think it should be done. I think, especially with what we saw today, it raises more questions. There needs to be transparency on that. I would again call for that, and I think in the next 24 hours hopefully we’ll see a lot more from the hearings that the legislature had today and we’ll be able to look and see what the next steps are.”
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Kemp slammed attorney Lin Wood, an alleged Trump supporter who has an extensive history supporting Democrats, for encouraging people to not vote in the upcoming Senate runoff elections.
“It’s like Lin Wood saying today, urging the people not to go vote in this election — all that is gonna do is give the Democrats everything they want,” Kemp said. “It’s gonna give the radicals everything they want. This is literally the firewall. So, I think we all have to pull together and figure out what have we got to do to assure people that their vote’s gonna count. I believe that it will; that’s why I’m working so hard for David and Kelly, and I’m going to continue to do that.”
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New details emerged on Thursday night regarding a story that broke earlier this week, and that the Justice Department was looking into, about a potential bribery scheme in which a presidential pardon was sought.
The revelation, which was made in court <a href="https://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/sites/dcd/files/20gj35%20Partial%20Unsealing%20Order.pdf">documents</a> that were unsealed on Tuesday in federal court, originally did not disclose “a timeline of the alleged scheme, or any names of people potentially involved, except that communications between people including at least one lawyer were seized from an office that was raided sometime before the end of this summer,” CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/01/politics/presidential-pardon-justice-department/index.html">reported</a>. “No one appears to have been publicly charged with a related crime to date.”
The New York Times reported on Thursday night that the matter involved a top fundraiser for President Donald Trump and an attorney connected to the president&#8217;s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
Sources said &#8220;it concerned efforts by the lawyer for Mr. Kushner, Abbe Lowell, and the fund-raiser, Elliott Broidy, who pleaded guilty in October to a charge related to a different scheme to lobby the Trump administration,&#8221; the Times reported. &#8220;A billionaire San Francisco real estate developer, Sanford Diller, enlisted their help in securing clemency for a Berkeley psychologist, Hugh L. Baras, who had received a 30-month prison sentence on a conviction of tax evasion and improperly claiming Social Security benefits, according to the filing and the people familiar with the case.&#8221;
&#8220;Under the suspected scheme, Mr. Diller would make &#8216;a substantial political contribution&#8217; to an unspecified recipient in exchange for the pardon,&#8221; the report added. &#8220;He died in February 2018, and there is no evidence that the effort continued after his death.&#8221;
No bribe was ever paid. No one has been charged in the DOJ&#8217;s inquiry into the matter. No government officials are currently the subject of a target of the inquiry.
CNN separately <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/01/politics/trump-rudy-giuliani-pardons/index.html">reported</a> that Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani is one individual that some Trump associates are pushing Trump to pardon:
<blockquote>President Donald Trump’s associates are making appeals to him in the hopes of obtaining pardons before he leaves office, a source familiar with the matter told CNN on Tuesday.
The source said the list of associates broaching the subject of preemptive pardons that would seek to shield those individuals from prosecution includes Rudy Giuliani, who has been leading the President’s long-shot legal battles to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in his role as Trump’s personal attorney. …
Giuliani denied discussing a preemptive pardon with the President, telling CNN that The “(New York) Times is completely wrong.” He further denied that he has talked to anyone at the White House about a pardon for himself.
It’s not clear what potential criminal exposure Giuliani or other associates are attempting to preempt. But the first source familiar with the discussions went on to cite what friends and allies of the President see as hostility from the incoming Biden administration toward Trump associates.</blockquote>
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A longtime ally of California Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom has been arrested and jailed on multiple felony domestic violence charges including allegations that he tried to smother a young child with a pillow.
Politico California, which broke the story on Thursday afternoon, <a href="https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2020/12/03/prominent-democratic-strategist-and-newsom-adviser-facing-domestic-violence-charges-1340838">reported</a> that Nathan Ballard, 51, &#8220;was booked on Oct. 18 on two felony charges of willful cruelty to a child with possible injury and death, and domestic violence, according to documents on file with the Napa County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.&#8221;
The Sacramento Bee <a href="https://archive.is/l9HiN">referred</a> to Ballard as a &#8220;friend and adviser&#8221; to Newsom, while the San Francisco Chronicle <a href="https://archive.is/aSqUZ">referred</a> to him as a &#8220;longtime Newsom aide.”
Sources told Politico California that Ballard had reportedly &#8220;consumed a large amount of alcohol and some marijuana&#8221; while at a resort and that he charged a woman, pushing her into a glass door, which caused her to fall and hit her head.
Ballard, who reportedly fell after allegedly shoving the woman, then “attempted to suffocate the child victim with the pillow,&#8221; she told the police, according to Politico California. “Ballard grabbed the pillow from the bed, placed it onto the child victim and laid on top of the pillow, placing his weight on the child victim who was under the pillow.&#8221;
“Nate and Mara went on an overnight vacation to Napa on Oct. 17 with their two young children. That night, after they both had too much to drink, they had an argument,” Ballard’s attorney, Tony Brass, said in a statement Thursday, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. “Nate was the only one who emerged with any injuries. I saw and documented those injuries firsthand.”
“Nate knows that he is not perfect, but he is facing his own challenges head-on,” Brass said. “After nearly eight years of continuous sobriety, Nate resumed drinking in April, after his father died. He is now clean and sober again, and he is currently in a residential recovery program to deal with his drinking problem in a responsible, comprehensive manner. He is a good father, he has his children’s best interests at heart, and he wants to resolve this matter privately, quickly, and fairly for their sake.”
The Sacramento Bee added that Ballard currently runs a public relations agency that has advised many high profile clients in the professional sports world, Fortune 100 companies, and public figures in the tech industry.
The Sacramento Bee reports:
<blockquote>In addition to once serving on Newsom’s staff, Ballard also served as spokesman for past Democratic presidential candidates Sen. John Kerry and General Wesley Clark and once served as communications director for the Democratic National Committee, the California Labor Federation.</blockquote>
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Newly released videos by James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas on Tuesday allegedly showed CNN executives discussing burying the Hunter Biden laptop story that was featured in the New York Post, as well as advocating for helping Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden with Cubans in Miami by countering narratives promoted by President Donald Trump.
O&#8217;Keefe said, &#8220;According to senior vice president on CNN Cynthia Hudson, recorded on Jeff Zucker&#8217;s 9 a.m. telephone call at CNN, the reason that Cubans voted for Trump is because they&#8217;re attracted to bullies.&#8221;
&#8220;Trump has used the communism, socialism rhetoric as part of his hook for the Cubans in Miami, how that has resonated and how the Biden team has not done enough to counter that,&#8221; Hudson said. &#8220;This is all that — that the only reason they are supporting Trump is because of that narrative. And that narrative, and the fact that sadly, I have to say, there&#8217;s a population that&#8217;s very attracted to bullies.&#8221;
&#8220;And no one is countering it properly in Florida, the Cubans are going to vote for Trump,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;And that&#8217;s terrifying. And, so, I think that there is a way to counter the narrative in Florida (Biden is a socialist) that is not being taken advantage of.&#8221;
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NEW CNN TAPE: <a href="https://twitter.com/CNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CNN</a> Senior Vice President <a href="https://twitter.com/cynthiacnn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@cynthiacnn</a> Demeans Marginalized Community; States She&#39;s TERRIFIED That Cubans Support Trump
&quot;The Cubans are going to vote for Trump, and that&#39;s terrifying&quot;
&quot;I have to say, there a population that&#39;s very attracted to bullies&quot;<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CNNTapes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CNNTapes</a> <a href="https://t.co/s3Tl3u8rIe">pic.twitter.com/s3Tl3u8rIe</a>
&mdash; James O&#39;Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) <a href="https://twitter.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/1334248475551178752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2020</a></blockquote>
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In a separate video, O&#8217;Keefe shows three top executives at the network, including the head of company, essentially talking about not covering the Hunter Biden laptop story.
&#8220;I do think, on the Breitbart, New York Post, Fox News rabbit hole of Hunter Biden, which I don&#8217;t think anybody outside of that world understood last night,&#8221; Zucker said. &#8220;The Wall Street Journal reported that their review of all corporate records showed no role for Joe Biden on the Chinese deal. And yes, I do put more credibility in The Wall Street Journal than I do in the New York Post.&#8221;
&#8220;Obviously, we&#8217;re not going with the New York Post story right now on Hunter Biden and, which seems to be giving its marching orders to Fox News and the right-wing echo chamber about what to talk about today,&#8221; CNN political director David Chalian said. &#8220;Obviously, Hunter Biden&#8217;s lawyer is quoted in that New York Post piece, and we&#8217;ll just continue to report out this is the very stuff that the president was impeached over. This is the stuff that Senate committees looked at and found nothing wrong in — Joe Biden&#8217;s interactions with Ukrainians — and, now having an email that, perhaps there was a meeting with someone from Burisma is, it seems, Rudy Giuliani&#8217;s sort of &#8216;dream-a-vision&#8217; of how to throw stuff at the wall in these closing days of the campaign.&#8221;
&#8220;Hey, Jeff, it&#8217;s just David on the Burisma story, and we should be awfully careful about that obviously, but I do think there&#8217;s a media story,&#8221; CNN Executive VP David Vigilante said. &#8220;What in the world are Maggie Haberman and Jake Sherman doing retweeting that story?&#8221;
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CNN: Let’s attack Trump’s kids over literally anything 
ALSO CNN: Hunter Biden is OFF LIMITS<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CNNTapes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CNNTapes</a> <a href="https://t.co/Rh334sJsXD">pic.twitter.com/Rh334sJsXD</a>
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Georgia-based attorney Lin Wood, an alleged Trump supporter, urged Trump supporters on Tuesday evening in the state to &#8220;not vote in the Senate runoff&#8221; unless the two Republican Senate candidates publicly demanded that Georgia Republican Governor Brian Kemp call an emergency session in the legislature to investigate alleged voter fraud. However, news reports that surfaced late on Tuesday evening appear to show that Wood has a history of voting for and donating to Democrats.
Wood said:
<blockquote>Where is Kelly Loeffler here? Where is David Perdue? He ought to be standing right here. Those two people want your vote, then they ought to tell you what we’re telling Brian Kemp: Get a special session of the legislature now. Do not be fooled twice. This is Georgia, we ain’t dumb. We’re not gonna go vote on January 5th on another machine made by China. You’re not gonna fool Georgians again. If Kelly Loeffler wants your vote, if David Perdue wants your vote, they’ve got to earn. They’ve got to demand publicly, repeatedly, consistently, Brian Kemp call a special session of the Georgia legislature, and if they do not do it, if Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue do not do it, they have not earned your vote. Don’t you give it to them. Why would you go back and vote in another rigged election? For God’s sakes, fix it. You’ve got to fix it before we’ll do it again.</blockquote>
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Here’s Lin Wood telling Republicans not to vote for <a href="https://twitter.com/KLoeffler?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KLoeffler</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/Perduesenate?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Perduesenate</a> in the GA runoffs. Wood is a democrat &amp; he has voted in democrat primaries. 
End this nonsense. Hold the line. Vote. Defend our senate majority. <a href="https://t.co/xemhS1SHJk">pic.twitter.com/xemhS1SHJk</a>
&mdash; Arthur Schwartz (@ArthurSchwartz) <a href="https://twitter.com/ArthurSchwartz/status/1334298695605628928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 3, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Conservative political commentator Erick Erickson highlighted alleged political contributions that Wood has made to Democrats, writing, &#8220;The Kraken works for the deep state.&#8221;
&#8220;In March 2008, Wood Contributed $1,300 To Barack Obama (D),&#8221; Erickson <a href="https://archive.is/MT9lj">wrote</a>. &#8220;In January 2008, Wood Contributed $1,000 To Barack Obama (D). In February 2004, Wood Contributed $250 To John Edwards (D).&#8221;
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The Kraken works for the deep state. 
In March 2008, Wood Contributed $1,300 To Barack Obama (D).
In January 2008, Wood Contributed $1,000 To Barack Obama (D).
In February 2004, Wood Contributed $250 To John Edwards (D).
&mdash; Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) <a href="https://twitter.com/EWErickson/status/1334313118521024515?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 3, 2020</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;In September 2014, Wood Contributed $100 To Michelle Nunn (D),&#8221; Erickson <a href="https://archive.is/P18no">added</a>. &#8220;In September 2014, Wood Contributed $100 To John Barrow (D). In November 2008, Wood Contributed $500 To Jim Martin (D). Wood voted in the Abrams primary in 2018. He also did not vote in Donald Trump’s 2016 primary.&#8221;
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Wood voted in the Abrams primary in 2018. He also did not vote in Donald Trump’s 2016 primary.
&mdash; Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) <a href="https://twitter.com/EWErickson/status/1334313120844697601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 3, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Erickson <a href="https://archive.is/nFxvj#selection-3039.0-3039.183">added</a>, &#8220;The Georgia Secretary of State&#8217;s Office says that despite his denials, Lin Wood has a Democrat voting record, including voting in the 2018 Stacey Abrams Democratic Primary in Georgia.&#8221;
Local reporter Ashley Thompson with CBS 46 News added: &#8220;New: I’ve confirmed attorney Lin Wood has not voted in a Republican primary in 16 years.&#8221;
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New: I’ve confirmed attorney Lin Wood has not voted in a Republican primary in 16 years <a href="https://twitter.com/cbs46?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@cbs46</a>
&mdash; Ashley Thompson (@AshleyCBS46) <a href="https://twitter.com/AshleyCBS46/status/1334262417686224898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2020</a></blockquote>
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A report from Breitbart News also documented alleged contributions that Wood has made to Democrats and other matters relating to his voting record in the state.
<a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/12/02/records-lin-wood-decades-voted-donated-democrats-including-barack-obama-david-perdues-2014-opponent/">Breitbart News reports</a>:
<blockquote>While Wood made his comments purportedly as a self-described supporter of Trump, while donning a red “Make America Great Again” ball cap, the real story here is that Wood is by no means a Republican and there is no record in Georgia of him ever voting for President Trump—in 2016 or in 2020—in the Republican primaries. While Wood did vote in the 2020 and 2016 general elections in Georgia—there are no records in Georgia of him pulling a GOP primary ballot in 2016 or 2020, the two years President Trump was on the ticket. Ironically, in both the 2020 and 2016 general elections, state records show that Wood voted absentee—by mail—in Georgia, the same system he is now railing against. &#8230;
Georgia records show that Wood has voted in every general election dating back to 2000, in person in 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, and 2014—and then via absentee or mail ballot in 2016, 2018, and 2020. State records also show that Wood has not voted in a Republican primary since 2004, but did request Democrat ballots in the 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2018 primary elections in Georgia. That means that even when Trump was president, in the 2018 midterm elections, Wood requested a Democrat primary ballot in Georgia and voted for Democrats in the primary in the state while Trump was universally backing Republicans there. Wood also did not request primary ballots of either party, the records show, in 2016 or 2020–when Trump was on the ballot in the GOP primary.
Wood also has a long history of donating to top Democrats’ presidential, gubernatorial, senatorial, and congressional campaigns. While he did shift a little bit during the Trump era and made some donations to Trump and some congressional Republicans and to the Republican National Committee, <a class="x5l" href="https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup/results?name=Lin+Wood&amp;page=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">per Federal Election Commission (FEC) records</a>, Wood has long backed Democrats for federal office and especially for Georgia offices. Donations to Democrat Party politicians from Wood over a decade plus total more than $40,000, and span from as far back as 2004 through as recently as 2018.
Campaign finance records show that Wood has donated thousands and thousands of dollars to top Democrats like former President Barack Obama, who he gave $2,300 to in 2008 over two separate donations. In 2004, Wood funded the Democrat presidential campaign of then-Sen. John Edwards (D-NC) with $500 split over two separate donations.
It is not just Democrat presidential candidates like Obama and Edwards that Wood supported. He also previously backed Perdue’s 2014 Democrat opponent Michelle Nunn, giving her $100 in Sept. 2014. He gave $500 to Georgia Democrat Senate candidate Jim Martin on Nov. 10, 2008, when Martin had forced a runoff with then-GOP Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)—meaning that there at least two other general elections than this one for U.S. Senate in Georgia where Wood has financially backed Democrats over Republicans. This demonstrates that he has a long history of supporting Democrats against Perdue in particular but also against Georgia Republicans in U.S. Senate races in the state.
He also backed Georgia Democrats in several other races for state and federal offices. According to FEC records, in Sept. 2014, Wood gave another $100 to another Georgia Democrat then-U.S. Rep. John Barrow (D-GA).
But state records in Georgia show that while Trump has been president, in 2017 and 2018, Wood has donated thousands and thousands of dollars in Georgia to state Democrats—funding the opposition to the president in the state. He gave $2,000 over three separate donations in 2018 to Ken Hodges, a Democrat judge on Georgia’s appeals court, for his campaign. Back in 2010, Wood gave another $4,200 over several donations to Hodges.
He also in June 2018 gave $2,600 to Democrat state Sen. Zahra Karinshak.
In 2017, Wood gave a whopping $12,600 to Georgia Democrat gubernatorial candidate Stacey Evans. Wood <a class="x5l" href="https://www.linwoodlaw.com/news/libel-lawyer-lin-wood-settles-second-defamation-suit-with-cnn/" target="_blank" rel="noopener external noreferrer">worked</a> with Evans as an attorney in private practice, and Evans would go on to lose the Democrat primary for governor in 2018 to Stacey Abrams, who lost to now GOP Gov. Brian Kemp in the 2018 general election. Wood donated another $2,500 to Evans in November 2015, $2,300 more in March 2010, $2,400 more back in May 2009, and in December 2009 another $100.
It’s pattern from Wood that he has demonstrated his support for Georgia Democrats for decades.
In state-level races back in 2006, records show Wood gave Martin—the 2008 Democrat U.S. Senate candidate he would later back in that race against the GOP’s Chambliss—another $1,000 over two separate donations.
In 2014, he donated $5,000 to state Sen. Jason Carter—a Democrat candidate for governor of Georgia—per state records.
He also, in 2009, donated $500 to former Democrat Gov. Roy Barnes when he launched a failed comeback bid against GOP Gov. Nathan Deal for the governor’s mansion.
In 2009 and 2010, Wood also donated over two separate donations $1,000 total to a leftist group called “Georgia Win List.” The group’s <a class="x5l" href="https://gawinlist.com/about/" target="_blank" rel="noopener external noreferrer">website</a> says its goal is to “change the face of power in Georgia by electing pro-choice Democratic Women In Numbers.” In other words, the group runs counter to President Trump’s stated pro-life position and is pushing abortion on Georgians by electing as many Democrats as it can.</blockquote>
Wood&#8217;s remarks directly contradict statements made by President Donald Trump and the president&#8217;s oldest son, Donald Trump Jr., who have strongly urged Republicans to get out and vote in the upcoming Senate runoff races, which will determine which political party controls the U.S. Senate.
&#8220;Will be going to Georgia for a big Trump Rally in support of our two great Republican Senators, David and Kelly,&#8221; Trump wrote on Tuesday afternoon. &#8220;They are fantastic people who love their Country and love their State. We must work hard and be sure they win.&#8221;
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Will be going to Georgia for a big Trump Rally in support of our two great Republican Senators, David and Kelly. They are fantastic people who love their Country and love their State. We must work hard and be sure they win. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/USA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#USA</a>
&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1334174044984401920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2020</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I’m seeing a lot of talk from people that are supposed to be on our side telling GOP voters not to go out &amp; vote for @KLoeffler and @PerdueSenate,&#8221; Donald Trump Jr. tweeted last week. &#8220;That is NONSENSE. IGNORE those people. We need ALL of our people coming out to vote for Kelly and David.&#8221;
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I’m seeing a lot of talk from people that are supposed to be on our side telling GOP voters not to go out &amp; vote for <a href="https://twitter.com/KLoeffler?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KLoeffler</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/Perduesenate?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PerdueSenate</a>. 
That is NONSENSE. 
IGNORE those people.
We need ALL of our people coming out to vote for Kelly &amp; David.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MAGA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MAGA</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GASEN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GASEN</a>
&mdash; Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) <a href="https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1330886737594363904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Defamation Lawsuit Against Tesla CEO Elon Musk Over Calling British Rescue Diver “‘Pedo Guy” And Rapist Begins In Los Angeles

Alleged Pro-Trump Lawyer Lin Wood, Cautioning GOP Voters In Georgia, Has Donated, Voted For Democrats: Reports

Democratic Party

Lin Wood

Georgia-based attorney Lin Wood, an alleged Trump supporter, urged Trump supporters on Tuesday evening in the state to &quot;not vote in the Senate runoff&quot;

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The race for New York&#8217;s 22nd Congressional District, in which Republican Claudia Tenney currently has a 12-vote lead over incumbent Rep. Anthony Brindisi (D), could see its outcome change after 55 ballots were discovered that had not been previously counted.
&#8220;Chenango County Attorney Alan Gordon said election officials determined 44 of the ballots are valid, enough to swing an election that Tenney leads by 12 votes over Brindisi,&#8221; Syracuse.com <a href="https://www.syracuse.com/politics/2020/12/chenango-county-finds-55-uncounted-votes-in-brindisi-tenney-house-race.html?mc_cid=009b42ac3d&amp;mc_eid=4d6fcb8aa9">reported</a>. &#8220;Gordon said he advised the county’s Board of Elections to secure the ballots and leave them unopened in their offices. He said election officials determined 11 of the ballots are not valid because the voters were not registered.&#8221;
Chenango County Elections Commissioner Carol Franklin told the publication: “My guess is they came in early and they were put aside and mislaid. I would hope that we could open them tomorrow with representatives present from each campaign.”
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WOW: An attorney from Chenango County drops a bombshell with the court&#8211; 55 uncounted early votes were just found, having never been seen before.
In a congressional race separated by just 12 votes, these newly discovered early votes could make the difference <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NY22?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NY22</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/WBNG12News?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WBNG12News</a> <a href="https://t.co/SVDwXo8tgL">pic.twitter.com/SVDwXo8tgL</a>
&mdash; Josh Rosenblatt (@JRosenblattTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/JRosenblattTV/status/1333852927090417665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 1, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/new-york-elections-claudia-tenney-house-elections-voting-c12927a8c3c0481c6da3b8acf79dd79c">reported</a>:
<blockquote>The discovery of the uncounted ballots in the rural county of around 47,000 people came a day after local elections officials in the 22nd Congressional District reported what were supposed to have been their final vote totals to the judge. Those totals — which didn’t include the newly discovered ballots — had showed Tenney with a 12-vote lead. &#8230;
The final result in the race won’t be known until DelConte rules on challenges to more than 2,000 disputed absentee and affidavit ballots cast in the contest. The discovery of the uncounted ballots is the latest twist in a roller coaster of a race. Tenney led by several thousand votes on Election Day, but her lead evaporated as absentee ballots were counted.
Brindisi appeared to take a lead of a few votes last week, only to see his advantage disappear last weekend after two counties said they had made tabulation errors. County boards of election had faced a Nov. 28 deadline to send official results to the state, but DelConte has blocked certification while the vote counting disputes are resolved.</blockquote>
According to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/results-house.html">The New York Times</a>, Republicans have flipped 13 House seats this election cycle for a net gain of 10 seats. With four races still waiting to be called, Democrats lead Republicans in the overall count 222 t0 209.
&#8220;Although we don’t yet know the winners of some House races, we can already look ahead to the 2022 midterms and see a fairly straightforward path for the GOP to capture the House. Midterm elections historically go well for the party that’s not in the White House, and the out-of-power party is especially likely to do well in the House, since every seat is up for election,&#8221; FiveThirtyEight <a href="https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/republicans-2020-gains-in-the-house-set-them-up-well-for-2022/">reported</a>. &#8220;Since the end of World War II, the presidential party has lost an average of 27 House seats in midterm elections, as the chart below shows. No matter how many seats Democrats end up with after 2020’s election — at this point, they will probably end up somewhere in the low 220s — a loss of that magnitude would easily be enough for Republicans to retake the House.&#8221;
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Rep. Claudia Tenney

55 Uncounted Ballots Found In House Race Where NY Republican Is Up By 12 Votes, 20% Are Tossed Due To Voters Not Being Registered

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New York

Vote counting

The race for New York&#039;s 22nd Congressional District, in which Republican Claudia Tenney currently has a 12-vote lead over incumbent Rep. Anthony Brindisi

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) fired back at Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) on Tuesday after he criticized her performance as a member of Congress.
&#8220;I find it amusing when politicians try to diminish the seriousness of our policy work, movement organizing &amp; grassroots fundraising to &#8216;she just tweets,&#8217; as though &#8216;serious&#8217; politics is only done by begging corporate CEOs for money through wax-sealed envelopes delivered by raven,&#8221; Ocasio-Cortez tweeted.
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I find it amusing when politicians try to diminish the seriousness of our policy work, movement organizing &amp; grassroots fundraising to “she just tweets,” as though “serious” politics is only done by begging corporate CEOs for money through wax-sealed envelopes delivered by raven
&mdash; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1333958991613923331?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;s tweet came in response to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-sen-joe-manchin-throws-sharp-insult-at-ocasio-cortez-during-interview">a comment Manchin made</a> in response to her trolling him on social media.
“I guess she put the dagger stare on me,” Manchin told The New York Times. “I don’t know the young lady — I really don’t. I never met her. I’m understanding she’s not that active with her bills or in committee. She’s more active on Twitter than anything else.”
The report noted that Manchin’s words constituted “a sharp insult” because in the U.S. Senate “legislative prowess is prized.”
According to Congress.gov, Ocasio-Cortez has not introduced a single bill as the primary sponsor that has become law. In fact, the furthest any of her bills have made it is to <a href="https://www.congress.gov/member/alexandria-ocasio-cortez/O000172?q=%7B%22sponsorship%22%3A%22sponsored%22%2C%22bill-status%22%3A%22floor%22%7D">Floor Consideration</a> and that was just one bill. She has cosponsored <a href="https://www.congress.gov/member/alexandria-ocasio-cortez/O000172?q=%7B%22sponsorship%22%3A%22cosponsored%22%2C%22bill-status%22%3A%22law%22%7D">11 bills</a> that have become law.
Manchin, who is one of the few centrist Democrats in Washington, D.C., also criticized Ocasio-Cortez and her cohorts in an interview with Fox News this week.
&#8220;They’ll have to answer to the public,&#8221; Manchin <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/joe-manchin-says-squad-could-hamper-908b-coronavirus-relief-theyll-have-to-answer-to-the-public">told</a> Fox News regarding what will happen if the Squad stonewalls compromise on coronavirus legislation. &#8220;We’ve come in a bipartisan, bicameral way to agree on $908 billion. Some will say it’s too much. Some will say it&#8217;s not enough. I don&#8217;t know how you please everybody but we found something that met the needs we think America has.”
Manchin further addressed his comments on Ocasio-Cortez, saying, &#8220;I don’t know the young lady. I really don’t. Maybe she’s a fine – I just don’t know her. I understand we have different political positions. And that’s fine.&#8221;
&#8220;She’s very astute in the social arena,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;But we just got to get something done. And I hope they recognize that. We’re helping everybody in her area, in every district, in every state.&#8221;
Manchin said that extreme proposals that have come from the far-left wing of the Democrat Party have &#8220;hurt the brand for sure.&#8221; Many Democrats blamed the progressives in the party for their stunning House loses last month.
Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aoc-fumes-whites-need-anti-racist-training-democrats-need-to-embrace-far-left-or-theyll-lose">said</a>, “We need to not ever use the word ‘socialist’ or ‘socialism’ ever again. . . . We lost good members because of that. If we are classifying Tuesday as a success . . . we will get f—ing torn apart in 2022.”
The conflict between Manchin and Ocasio-Cortez began when Manchin wrote on Twitter last month: “Defund the police? Defund, my butt. I’m a proud West Virginia Democrat. We are the party of working men and women. We want to protect Americans’ jobs &amp; healthcare. We do not have some crazy socialist agenda, and we do not believe in defunding the police.”
Ocasio-Cortez responded to his comments by posting a picture of herself glaring at Manchin during the 2019 State of the Union address.
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AOC Snaps At Democrat Senator Who Criticized Her: Diminishes ‘Seriousness Of’ My ‘Policy Work’

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Joe Manchin

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) fired back at Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) on Tuesday after he criticized her performance as a member of Congress. &quot;I find

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Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale weighed in on next month&#8217;s two runoff races in Georgia that will ultimately decide who controls the U.S. Senate, urging Republicans to get out and vote.
Parscale made the remarks in his first media interview since parting ways with the campaign back in September to deal with personal issues.
&#8220;I would say all those Republicans right now in Georgia that are angry at the Republican Party, and they want to — and they&#8217;re mad, and they don&#8217;t want to vote, I would do the opposite,&#8221; Parscale told Fox News. &#8220;I would stand up and I would say, why don&#8217;t you two senators make a promise right now that you will push for a Senate investigation from the Judiciary Committee of all the voting issues?&#8221;
&#8220;And do that, and I bet you they all those people will show up, because they&#8217;d rather have a just answer than just have the Republicans disappear again, because those Democrats didn&#8217;t disappear when they thought something was wrong,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;They terrorized us. So, stand up and find out what really happened. You have the power to do it.&#8221;
On how he thinks that President Donald Trump needs to handle the two U.S. Senate runoff races in Georgia, Parscale said, &#8220;He&#8217;s the leader of this party and he needs to stand up, in my opinion, to the people of Georgia and say, go vote for these senators and ask them to start immediately investigating what&#8217;s happening in this country, because, as everyone wants to blame the president, I think it&#8217;s the opposite.&#8221;
&#8220;I think the president is exposing the problem,&#8221; he added. &#8220;And that problem is, this is a country that just doesn&#8217;t play fair rules. And I think he just exposes it everywhere. And I didn&#8217;t know how much until I joined this, how much all those things are out. But, like, it&#8217;s just — sometimes, it&#8217;s a dirty world.&#8221;
Donald Trump Jr. warned voters last week to ignore those who were encouraging them to not vote in the Senate runoff races.
Trump Jr. wrote, “I’m seeing a lot of talk from people that are supposed to be on our side telling GOP voters not to go out &amp; vote for @KLoeffler and @PerdueSenate. That is NONSENSE. IGNORE those people. We need ALL of our people coming out to vote for Kelly and David.”
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I’m seeing a lot of talk from people that are supposed to be on our side telling GOP voters not to go out &amp; vote for <a href="https://twitter.com/KLoeffler?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KLoeffler</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/Perduesenate?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PerdueSenate</a>. 
That is NONSENSE. 
IGNORE those people.
We need ALL of our people coming out to vote for Kelly &amp; David.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MAGA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MAGA</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GASEN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GASEN</a>
&mdash; Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) <a href="https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1330886737594363904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2020</a></blockquote>
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During a separate portion of the interview, Parscale highlighted four issues that he thinks hurt the Trump campaign and revealed two significant numbers from the campaign&#8217;s internal polling.
The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ex-trump-campaign-manager-parscale-names-4-issues-that-hurt-campaign-reveals-2-significant-numbers">reported</a>:
<blockquote>Parscale highlighted four key issues that he thinks harmed Trump’s re-election chances:
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<li>The campaign deviated from the plan that Parscale says he and Jared Kushner created.</li>
<li>Trump was surrounded by “yes-men” who told him whatever he wanted to hear.</li>
<li>The campaign abandoned “the largest budget ever of Election Day operations” that involved the campaign’s legal plan that had been designed two years prior.</li>
<li>Trump should have focused on “public empathy” when it came to responding to the coronavirus pandemic vs. “opening the economy.”</li>
</ol>
During the interview, Parscale also revealed two significant numbers: Prior to the pandemic, “all” of the campaign’s internal polling showed Trump “winning by 400-some electoral votes.” The second number was, in internal polling, Parscale claims that he tested 140 policies in which Trump and Biden differed, and that Trump beat Biden in 139 policies in terms of favorability with the American people.</blockquote>
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President Trump Campaigns In Iowa Ahead Of Democratic Caucus

Brad Parscale Weighs In On The Two Georgia Senate Runoff Races: ‘I Would Do The Opposite’

Brad Parscale

U.S. Senate

Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale weighed in on next month&#039;s two runoff races in Georgia that will ultimately decide who controls the U.S.

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CNN threatened legal action against journalist James O&#8217;Keefe on Tuesday after O&#8217;Keefe <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-james-okeefe-crashes-cnn-daily-call-with-jeff-zucker-reveals-months-of-recordings">crashed CNN&#8217;s daily call</a> with company head Jeff Zucker and announced that he had months of recordings from the call that he would be releasing.
In one of the videos that O&#8217;Keefe has released so far, Zucker says that the company needed to go after Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and that the company has been &#8220;too polite&#8221; with their political coverage and he wanted to paint President Donald Trump as &#8220;acting erratically.&#8221;
In the video, Zucker can be heard allegedly saying:
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<li>September 8: &#8220;Each of these so called &#8216;scandals&#8217; for Trump, each of these things, we should just once again be careful to say that this is the one that is going to undo him with his voters.&#8221;</li>
<li>October 9, after Trump was diagnosed with COVID-19: &#8220;Okay, I just want to re-emphasize that, you know, I think we cannot normalize what has happened here in the last week with Trump and his behavior. And I go back to what David said, David Chalian said, that this is a president that knows he&#8217;s losing, who knows he&#8217;s in trouble, is sick, maybe is on the after effects of steroids or not, I don&#8217;t know, but he is acting erratically and desperately, and we need to, we need to not normalize that. &#8230; You know this is what we&#8217;ve come to expect for the last three and a half years, four years, but it clearly is exacerbated by the time that we&#8217;re in and the issues that he&#8217;s dealing with. And I think that we cannot just let it be normalized. He is all over the place and acting erratically. And I think we need to lean into that.&#8221;</li>
<li>November 17: &#8220;Frankly, if we&#8217;ve made any mistake, it&#8217;s been that our banners have been too polite, and we need to go well after Lindsey Graham. &#8230; There is a lot of news out there, and Lindsey Graham really deserves it.&#8221;</li>
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WATCH:
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BREAKING: <a href="https://twitter.com/CNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CNN</a> President BLASTS Trump &amp; Republicans on 9am Call with Senior Leadership
&#39;He(<a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a>) is acting erratically&#8230;I think we need to lean into that&#8230;&#39;
“If we’ve made any mistake, its been our banners have been too polite…”<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CNNTapes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CNNTapes</a> <a href="https://t.co/zMIRxq9qC6">pic.twitter.com/zMIRxq9qC6</a>
&mdash; James O&#39;Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) <a href="https://twitter.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/1333938983810834436?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The video comes after O&#8217;Keefe tweeted out a livestream of him crashing CNN&#8217;s meeting yesterday morning. CNN&#8217;s communications team responded directly to O&#8217;Keefe on Twitter, writing: &#8220;Legal experts say this may be a felony. We‘ve referred it to law enforcement.&#8221;
“It’s important that we hold accountable the mainstream media,” O’Keefe said yesterday. “The media has to be held to account. They are hurting the American people with their lies, their innuendo, their slander, the defamation, the hyperbole and I think Mr. Zucker is shaking in his boots right now. I think he’s very afraid of what might be coming.”
The president&#8217;s oldest son, Donald Trump Jr., responded to CNN&#8217;s communications team directly on the social media platform, writing: &#8220;It’s amazing that CNN had no problem aggressively running with secretly recorded audio tapes of the First Lady non-stop for weeks, but has a serious problem when someone does the exact same thing to them! If it wasn’t for double standards, they would have no standards at all.&#8221;
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It’s amazing that CNN had no problem aggressively running with secretly recorded audio tapes of the First Lady non-stop for weeks, but has a serious problem when someone does the exact same thing to them!
If it wasn’t for double standards, they would have no standards at all. <a href="https://t.co/THV2PpHmiN">https://t.co/THV2PpHmiN</a>
&mdash; Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) <a href="https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1333973318425341953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2020</a></blockquote>
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CNN Heroes – Red Carpet

O’Keefe Releases Tape Of CNN Head Jeff Zucker Telling Staff ‘To Go Well After’ GOP Senator; CNN Threatens O’Keefe With Legal Action

Jeff Zucker

Project Veritas

CNN threatened legal action against journalist James O&#039;Keefe on Tuesday after O&#039;Keefe crashed CNN&#039;s daily call with company head Jeff Zucker and announced

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The Department of Justice responded to media organizations who reported on Tuesday that the DOJ had concluded its investigation into allegations of voter fraud and had found no evidence, saying that claim was incorrect.
&#8220;Some media outlets have incorrectly reported that the Department has concluded its investigation of election fraud and announced an affirmative finding of no fraud in the election,&#8221; a DOJ spokesperson said in a statement. &#8220;That is not what the Associated Press reported nor what the Attorney General stated. The Department will continue to receive and vigorously pursue all specific and credible allegations of fraud as expeditiously as possible.&#8221;
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what the Attorney General stated. The Department will continue to receive and vigorously pursue all specific and credible allegations of fraud as expeditiously as possible.” <a href="https://twitter.com/ClareHymes22?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ClareHymes22</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/CBSNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CBSNews</a>
&mdash; Catherine Herridge (@CBS_Herridge) <a href="https://twitter.com/CBS_Herridge/status/1333937357385584641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-elections-william-barr-b1f1488796c9a98c4b1a9061a6c7f49d">reported</a> on Tuesday:
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Barr told the AP that U.S. attorneys and FBI agents have been working to follow up specific complaints and information they’ve received, but “to date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have effected a different outcome in the election.”
The comments, which drew immediate criticism from Trump attorneys, were especially notable coming from Barr, who has been one of the president’s most ardent allies. Before the election, he had repeatedly raised the notion that mail-in voting could be especially vulnerable to fraud during the coronavirus pandemic as Americans feared going to polls and instead chose to vote by mail.
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&#8220;There’s been one assertion that would be systemic fraud and that would be the claim that machines were programmed essentially to skew the election results,&#8221; Barr added. &#8220;And the DHS and DOJ have looked into that, and so far, we haven’t seen anything to substantiate that.&#8221;
The AP noted that Barr also stated that people were wrongly looking to the federal criminal justice system as a fix-all when it comes to election issues, adding that the proper remedy for many of these issues is often found in civil lawsuits.
&#8220;Most claims of fraud are very particularized to a particular set of circumstances or actors or conduct. &#8230; And those have been run down; they are being run down,&#8221; Barr added. &#8220;Some have been broad and potentially cover a few thousand votes. They have been followed up on.&#8221;
The Trump campaign&#8217;s legal team responded to Barr&#8217;s remarks by stating that &#8220;there hasn’t been any semblance of a Department of Justice investigation&#8221; and that the evidence they compiled has not been examined by the DOJ. The legal team added, “Again, with the greatest respect to the Attorney General, his opinion appears to be without any knowledge or investigation of the substantial irregularities and evidence of systemic fraud.”
Following the election, Barr <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-ag-barr-authorizes-federal-prosecutors-to-pursue-substantial-allegations-of-voting-irregularities-report-says" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-ag-barr-authorizes-federal-prosecutors-to-pursue-substantial-allegations-of-voting-irregularities-report-says&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1606964074807000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHvASMesTI_OUTG20mD5mmlxeG2pQ">authorized federal prosecutors</a> to pursue any “substantial allegations” of voting irregularities “if there are clear and apparently-credible allegations of irregularities that, if true, could potentially impact the outcome of a federal election in an individual State.” The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bill-barr-no-evidence-of-widespread-voter-fraud">reported</a>:
<blockquote>Barr specifically instructed prosecutors that “while serious allegations should be handled with great care, specious, speculative, fanciful or far-fetched claims should not be a basis for initiating federal inquiries.”
In regard to the lawsuits that have been filed by the Trump campaign, many have been <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/election-2020-trump-campaign-election-lawsuits-stand/story?id=74041748" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/election-2020-trump-campaign-election-lawsuits-stand/story?id%3D74041748&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1606964074808000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHOgrjAr1TrnNeeDzqABh2vdh0x3g">dismissed</a> or denied in court while others are either currently being <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/election-2020-trump-campaign-lawsuits-explained-11605205969" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.wsj.com/articles/election-2020-trump-campaign-lawsuits-explained-11605205969&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1606964074808000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHuHouG8SB0_7fyhhjMsB-VF89G7A">litigated</a> or have been withdrawn by the campaign. The campaign did win a case in Pennsylvania when a judge issued an <a href="https://www.factcheck.org/2020/11/the-facts-on-trumps-post-election-legal-challenges/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.factcheck.org/2020/11/the-facts-on-trumps-post-election-legal-challenges/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1606964074808000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHUWn-wfzNHdryqKKOahlwE8rkQ0Q">order</a> that stopped counties from counting mail-in or absentee ballots for which voters gave missing identification information after a deadline that had been extended because the secretary of state “lacked statutory authority” to grant the extension.</blockquote>
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File: U.S. President Donald Trump’s Third Year In The Oval Office

DOJ Fires Back At News Orgs Claiming Voter Fraud Probes Are Over: That’s Not What AG Barr Said

William Barr

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Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale gave his first media interview on Tuesday evening since being removed from the campaign in September and highlighted several issues that he believes severely harmed the campaign.
Parscale&#8217;s interview with Fox News host Martha MacCallum happened after Parscale was removed from the campaign after dealing with some personal matters outside of the campaign.
Parscale highlighted four key issues that he thinks harmed Trump&#8217;s re-election chances:
<ol>
<li>The campaign deviated from the plan that Parscale says he and Jared Kushner created.</li>
<li>Trump was surrounded by “yes-men” who told him whatever he wanted to hear.</li>
<li>The campaign abandoned “the largest budget ever of Election Day operations” that involved the campaign’s legal plan that had been designed two years prior.</li>
<li>Trump should have focused on “public empathy” when it came to responding to the coronavirus pandemic vs. “opening the economy.”</li>
</ol>
During the interview, Parscale also revealed two significant numbers: Prior to the pandemic, &#8220;all&#8221; of the campaign&#8217;s internal polling showed Trump &#8220;winning by 400-some electoral votes.&#8221; The second number was, in internal polling, Parscale claims that he tested 140 policies in which Trump and Biden differed, and that Trump beat Biden in 139 policies in terms of favorability with the American people.
The following is a breakdown of the four key issues that Parscale said hurt the Trump campaign (transcript via Fox News):
The campaign deviated from the plan that Parscale says he and Jared Kushner created.
<ul>
<li>&#8220;I always had a lot of confidence in our plan. And I think the president and Jared had a lot of confidence in the plan. And it was unfortunate that we diverged from the plan right as we came down the stretch.&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;But they paused the plan, eventually went back to it. But we had a plan. I had a lot of time to plan. And in &#8217;16, people don&#8217;t like to admit it, but I was a semi-quasi-campaign manager. Never got to say that publicly before, because I couldn&#8217;t. Jared was the real campaign manager. I was the one doing the day-to-day. And we won. And it really didn&#8217;t make sense to me why, in &#8217;20, they had to change away from that.&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;We understood where the weakness is, where we need to pick up the votes. We understood what Election Day operations need to look like because of the legal fight. We planned that fight out two years in advance. I understood that this was going to happen. My team understood it was going to happen. We had a plan to increase the Latino and black vote, which we did. We had a plan to try to keep the suburban housewives. We had a lot of plans. And we knew exactly what the path was to victory. COVID threw a wrench in it. But we still had a plan even through that.&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;My plan tried to make this a choice election, not a referendum. And I think that was one of the biggest disputes within the campaign. I knew that, if it was a choice, with the president with COVID, and the economy, the president with his policies vs. Biden — I tested 140-plus policies against Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump. Trump bested him in 139 with the American people. They knew the president&#8217;s policies are what they wanted. The issue was how to keep this as a choice election, Joe Biden&#8217;s America and going back, that he somehow could do this better, which I don&#8217;t think he can, or Donald Trump, who had made America better and his policies, and make sure it didn&#8217;t end up a referendum on him.&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;But they paused. They didn&#8217;t know my plan. They didn&#8217;t know to execute it or not. And they started to diverge away from it. And they started to test it. Should we use data like this? Should we buy TV like this? Should we run this? Should we do this? Should we even work with the RNC? Which I think were crucial mistakes, and I could name crucial mistakes. I just, I don&#8217;t understand why, because the president should have won by a lot more.&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;In February of 2020, before COVID, the president in all of our polling was winning by 400-some electoral votes. The Super Bowl ad, in itself, paid for itself two times over, meaning our fan — or his fan base, his voting base, was so excited that he went up on the Super Bowl, the game they watch, they donated tens of millions of dollars to it. &#8230; At that point, he was killing Joe Biden, 400 electoral votes. It was going to be the biggest landslide in American history since Nixon at that point. And we knew we wanted to win the black vote. Jared and I and the president sat down and said, what is the best thing we can do with the Super Bowl vote?&#8221;</li>
</ul>
Trump was surrounded by “yes-men” who told him whatever he wanted to hear.
<ul>
<li>&#8220;I think it&#8217;s all the D-level people, all the talking heads that are around the president that had never done anything in their life, never created a business, never built anything successful, but talked themselves into something. And I think, when the polling numbers were going down, they were in his ear, and I was out working.&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t like lying to him. I like telling him the truth. Sometimes, that came with a lot of — a lot of painful days, after knowing that I might have let him down or made him upset. But a lot of those D-level people that hung around him, they just told him what he wanted to hear. They were yes-men. And I wasn’t going to be a yes-man. I was going to be a get-it-done man. And I did it for him. I did it for the family. I did it for this country, because I feel like somebody needed to be the one telling him the truth. And I think Jared did too. I think we both paid the price for that sometimes.</li>
</ul>
The campaign abandoned the “the largest budget ever of Election Day operations” that involved the campaign’s legal plan that has been designed two years prior.
<ul>
<li>So, in April of 2019, I came up with the largest budget ever of Election Day operations, in partnership with the RNC. What that meant was to have lawyers everywhere, file suits beforehand, protect beforehand. And somehow, between July of 2020 and Election Day, that fell apart. And that&#8217;s a question. I don&#8217;t know exactly what the answer is. But, from everything I&#8217;m hearing, it did not occur. And I think that&#8217;s a travesty to this — to this campaign. It&#8217;s a travesty to President Trump. It&#8217;s a travesty to this republic. And I think that it shouldn&#8217;t have happened, and I don&#8217;t know why. And I was trying to do everything I could to keep it from happening. &#8230; I think we would have filed the lawsuits beforehand. We would have been asking beforehand. We have been trying to. Why weren&#8217;t — during the early voting days, why weren&#8217;t they already getting into there &#8212; in there and then already filing lawsuits? Why are they not in there? Why do we — why are we doing it post? And I think that somebody did drop the ball on that. And I think — I think, as campaign manager, I wouldn&#8217;t have been an expert at everything. But I always knew how to sit and ask the questions to everybody. I would have put the right staff in front of me and said, why are we not doing this? How are we — everyday, I would have said, how are we preventing fraud? How are we preventing that we get beat by the DNC in this?</li>
</ul>
Trump should have focused on “public empathy” when it came to responding to the coronavirus pandemic vs. “opening the economy.”
<ul>
<li>&#8220;That 1, 2 percent possibly we lost of suburban families, right, the men and women in the suburbs, Philly suburbs, Atlanta suburbs, I think that goes to one thing. And I think it was the decision on COVID to go for opening the economy vs. public empathy. And I think a young family with a young child who, one, were scared to take them back to school, wanted to see an empathetic president and an empathetic Republican Party. And I think that — and I said this multiple times, and he chose a different path. And I don&#8217;t think anything is wrong with this. I love him. But, like, we had a difference on this. I thought we should have public empathy. I think people were scared. I walked around this — people and walked — watched people walk around me, not like two years ago, and they just didn&#8217;t want to walk next to me because I&#8217;m Brad Parscale, but walk around me because I got a mask on now, and they just don&#8217;t want to get COVID. I can see how waitresses stand a little farther from the table. People were scared. And I think — I think, if he would have been publicly — publicly empathetic, he would have won by a landslide there. I think he could have leaned into it, instead of run away from it.&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;Policy error. There&#8217;s different kind of errors. There&#8217;s technical errors. There&#8217;s policy errors. There&#8217;s things — there&#8217;s also things he did great. It&#8217;s hard to see that now, when things are so close. But he built one of the greatest economies in history. He wouldn&#8217;t even have been close if he wouldn&#8217;t have been that far. I still think he&#8217;s going to go down as one of the greatest presidents. I think he got one choice away from being perfect. And that was, do I want to open the country and be the economic — or do I lean publicly empathetic? And I think it goes right into thing — because this is one of the most empathetic men when you&#8217;re right — when you&#8217;re sitting next to him. He cares about you, asks about your family, all that stuff. All he had to do is get on stage and do that.&#8221;</li>
</ul>
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Conservatives Gather At Annual CPAC Event

Ex-Trump Campaign Manager Parscale Names 4 Issues That Hurt Campaign, Reveals 2 Significant Numbers

Donald Trump

Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale gave his first media interview on Tuesday evening since being removed from the campaign in September and

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The Department of Justice is investigating a potential bribery scheme that allegedly sought to funnel money in the form of a &#8220;political contribution&#8221; in exchange for a &#8220;presidential pardon or reprieve of sentence.&#8221;
The revelation, which was made in court <a href="https://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/sites/dcd/files/20gj35%20Partial%20Unsealing%20Order.pdf">documents</a> that were unsealed on Tuesday in federal court, does not disclose &#8220;a timeline of the alleged scheme, or any names of people potentially involved, except that communications between people including at least one lawyer were seized from an office that was raided sometime before the end of this summer,&#8221; CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/01/politics/presidential-pardon-justice-department/index.html">reported</a>. &#8220;No one appears to have been publicly charged with a related crime to date.&#8221;
The court documents state that &#8220;over fifty digital media devices, including iPhones, iPads, laptops, thumb drives, and computer and external hard drives&#8221; were seized that allegedly contained evidence of &#8220;criminal activity,&#8221; specifically a &#8220;secret lobbying scheme&#8221; in which unnamed individuals acted as lobbyists to senior White House officials without registering as lobbyists, in accordance with U.S. law, to secure &#8220;a pardon or reprieve of sentence.&#8221;
&#8220;The heavily redacted documents revealed Tuesday do not name the individuals involved or President Donald Trump,&#8221; NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/doj-investigating-potential-white-house-bribery-pardon-scheme-n1249609">reported</a>. &#8220;They also do not indicate if any White House officials had knowledge of the scheme.&#8221;
Trump responded to the report late on Tuesday evening, writing on Twitter: &#8220;Pardon investigation is Fake News!&#8221;
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Pardon investigation is Fake News!
&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1333979211745341441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2020</a></blockquote>
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CNN separately <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/01/politics/trump-rudy-giuliani-pardons/index.html">reported</a> that Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani is one individual that some Trump associates are pushing Trump to pardon:
<blockquote>President Donald Trump&#8217;s associates are making appeals to him in the hopes of obtaining pardons before he leaves office, a source familiar with the matter told CNN on Tuesday.
The source said the list of associates broaching the subject of preemptive pardons that would seek to shield those individuals from prosecution includes Rudy Giuliani, who has been leading the President&#8217;s long-shot legal battles to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in his role as Trump&#8217;s personal attorney. &#8230;
Giuliani denied discussing a preemptive pardon with the President, telling CNN that The &#8220;(New York) Times is completely wrong.&#8221; He further denied that he has talked to anyone at the White House about a pardon for himself.
It&#8217;s not clear what potential criminal exposure Giuliani or other associates are attempting to preempt. But the first source familiar with the discussions went on to cite what friends and allies of the President see as hostility from the incoming Biden administration toward Trump associates.</blockquote>
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White House

DOJ Investigating Alleged Attempt To Bribe White House For ‘Presidential Pardon,’ 50+ Devices Seized

Bribery

Department of Justice

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Attorney General William Barr has appointed U.S. Attorney John Durham to be special counsel in the criminal investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe.
Appointing Durham gives him “extra protection” to continue the investigation as a transition in presidential administrations is likely to take place in a little under two months. Barr&#8217;s move will make it harder for the incoming Biden administration to fire Durham and end the probe.
The Associated Press reported on Tuesday that Barr made the move back in October under the same federal statute that was used to appoint Robert Mueller as special counsel back in the early days of the Trump administration.
The AP <a href="https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-donald-trump-robert-mueller-statutes-elections-ae0275b4eb23981c1e6fbf9fc49c3239">reports</a>:
<blockquote>
The current investigation, a criminal probe, had begun very broadly but has since “narrowed considerably” and now “really is focused on the activities of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation within the FBI,” Barr said. He said he expects Durham would detail whether any additional prosecutions will be brought and make public a report of the investigation’s findings.
In an Oct. 19 order, obtained by The Associated Press, Barr says Durham is authorized “to investigate whether any federal official, employee or any person or entity violated the law in connection with the intelligence, counter-intelligence or law enforcement activities” directed at the 2016 presidential campaigns, anyone associated with the campaigns or the Trump administration. &#8230;
A senior Justice Department official told the AP that although the order details that it is “including but not limited to Crossfire Hurricane and the investigation of Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III,” the Durham probe has not expanded. The official said that line specifically relates to FBI personnel who worked on the Russia investigation before the May 2017 appointment of Mueller, a critical area of scrutiny for both Durham and for the Justice Department inspector general, which identified a series of errors and omissions in surveillance applications targeting a former Trump campaign associate.
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The Associated Press&#8217; report comes after CBS News Investigative Reporter Catherine Herridge noted back in October that Durham would not have a final report out about his findings before the presidential election because the investigation had “expanded in recent weeks” and had moved “well beyond origins of FBI Russia probe.”
Herridge, who is widely seen as one of the top non-partisan reporters in the nation, doubled down on her reporting on Tuesday afternoon, contradicting the AP&#8217;s report. Herridge tweeted out a <a href="https://twitter.com/CBS_Herridge/status/1333881720865763331">letter</a> from Barr to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees where Barr said that Durham did uncover &#8220;additional information.&#8221;
&#8220;Although I had expected Mr. Durham to complete his work by the summer of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as additional information he uncovered, prevented him from doing so,&#8221; Barr wrote. &#8220;In advance of the presidential election, I decided to appoint Mr. Durham as a Special Counsel to provide him and his team with the assurance that they could complete their work, without regard to the outcome of the election.&#8221;
&#8220;Special Counsel Durham scope is broad + encompasses recently declassified docs,&#8221; Herridge added. &#8220;This may set up interesting dynamic with nexus to then VP Biden. Declassified records include unmasking @GenFlynn + Jan 2017 WH meeting where, according to notes, &#8216;VP&#8217; raised Logan Act.&#8221;
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Durham?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Durham</a> Special Counsel Durham scope is broad + encompasses recently declassified docs.  This may set up interesting dynamic with nexus to then VP Biden. Declassified records include unmasking <a href="https://twitter.com/GenFlynn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GenFlynn</a> + Jan 2017 WH meeting where, according to notes, &quot;VP&quot; raised Logan Act. <a href="https://t.co/U59SPX9oFX">pic.twitter.com/U59SPX9oFX</a>
&mdash; Catherine Herridge (@CBS_Herridge) <a href="https://twitter.com/CBS_Herridge/status/1333890422775685123?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 1, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Attorney General William Barr Meets With Law Enforcement Officials In Kansas

Barr Appoints Special Counsel To Continue Criminal Investigation Into Obama-Era FBI Trump-Russia Probe

John Durham

Russia

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Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe crashed a CNN’s daily call with company head Jeff Zucker on Tuesday and revealed that he allegedly has months of recordings from the daily call that cover a multitude of issues.
In the video, which O’Keefe recorded live on Periscope and uploaded to his social media accounts, O&#8217;Keefe unmuted the call and confronted Zucker. O&#8217;Keefe said an insider gave them access to the daily calls.
“Hey Jeff Zucker, are you there?” O’Keefe says. “Hey, this is James O’Keefe. We’ve been listening to your CNN calls for basically two months, recording everything. Just wanted to ask you some questions if you have a minute. Do you still feel you’re the most trusted name in news, because I have to say from what I’ve been hearing on these phone calls, I don’t know about that and we got a lot of recordings that indicate that you’re not really that independent of a journalist.”
Zucker responded, “OK, thank you for your comments.”
“So everybody, in light of that I think what we’ll do is we’ll set up a new system and we’ll be back with you,” Zucker continued. “We&#8217;ll do the rest of the call a little bit later.”
O’Keefe responded by saying that he is going to start releasing the recordings today.
“It’s important that we hold accountable the mainstream media,” O’Keefe said. “The media has to be held to account. They are hurting the American people with their lies, their innuendo, their slander, the defamation, the hyperbole and I think Mr. Zucker is shaking in his boots right now. I think he’s very afraid of what might be coming.”
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The release comes after O&#8217;Keefe has repeatedly stung CNN in the past with undercover videos, including videos of CNN&#8217;s daily calls.
The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/project-veritas-video-cnn-head-appears-to-admit-network-pushing-impeachment-has-personal-vendetta-against-trump-employee-says">reported</a> last October:
<blockquote>A contractor working at CNN came forward on Monday and released videos that they recorded of CNN President Jeff Zucker appearing to admit that the network is pushing the agenda of the Democrat Party by making all their news coverage about “moves towards impeachment” and telling CNN employees that the only coverage he wants is “impeachment.”
The contractor, Cary Poarch, released the videos through James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas, which has a history of releasing damaging video content of left-wing figures and organizations admitting a wide range of things that often conflict with what they say publicly.
“I decided to wear a hidden camera … to expose the bias running rampant,” Poarch said.
Poarch recorded CNN company meetings where Zucker appears to admit that CNN is essentially pushing the agenda of the Democrat Party by giving non-stop coverage to impeachment and by stating that all news coverage is about “moving toward impeachment.”
“I want to stay with this, our top, top — our own reporters, our own political analysts, the top, the top [unintelligible] we have,” Zucker says. “All these moves are moves towards impeachment.”
“Let’s just stay very focused on impeachment,” Zucker adds. “We’re moving towards impeachment … all these moves are moves towards impeachment.”
Zucker tells employees to “knock off” their friendliness toward South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham.</blockquote>
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This story has been updated to include additional information.
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Day 2 – Mobile World Congress 2018

James O’Keefe Crashes CNN Daily Call With Jeff Zucker, Reveals Months Of Recordings

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A Democrat mayor in California is facing criticism over accusations of ignoring coronavirus restrictions after urging residents in his city to &#8220;cancel the big gatherings this year and focus on keeping each other safe.&#8221;
NBC Bay Area <a href="https://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/san-jose-mayor-ignored-health-protocols-in-joining-parents-others-for-holiday-celebration/2411207/">reported</a> Monday that Democrat San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo appeared to &#8220;have broken health protocols in celebrating Thanksgiving with family members outside of his own household.&#8221;
Reporters from the local affiliate learned that he celebrated Thanksgiving with his elderly parents, which his office later confirmed, with &#8220;an unknown number of other guests.&#8221;
His office did not disclose how many people attended the dinner, how many different households attended, and whether those who attended wore masks.
“This is a private event – not public,” said Jim Reed, Liccardo’s chief of staff. “We are going to redraw the line between what is personal and what is public because that line has become blurred.”
The revelation comes after Liccardo tweeted the day before Thanksgiving: &#8220;Cases are spiking, in part because we’re letting our guard (and masks) down with family &amp; friends. Let’s cancel the big gatherings this year and focus on keeping each other safe.&#8221;
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Cases are spiking, in part because we’re letting our guard (and masks) down with family &amp; friends. Let’s cancel the big gatherings this year and focus on keeping each other safe <a href="https://t.co/oHFXb6DZ82">https://t.co/oHFXb6DZ82</a>
&mdash; Sam Liccardo (@sliccardo) <a href="https://twitter.com/sliccardo/status/1331576931125379082?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 25, 2020</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;While few details about Liccardo&#8217;s Thanksgiving celebration have been released, it appears the gathering did elude guidelines frequently touted by the Santa Clara County Public Health Department, aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19,&#8221; NBC Bay Area added. &#8220;A recent spike in coronavirus cases has prompted tighter restrictions across the Bay Area and the potential for California to exceed its capacity for hospital beds within weeks.&#8221;
“Keep your holiday gatherings to your immediate household members only,” warned Santa Clara County Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody two weeks before Thanksgiving. “I cannot emphasize enough, gathering with friends and family who are not in your household is not safe.”
Political leaders&#8217; Thanksgiving warnings sparked fierce debate across the country, with some epidemiologists pushing back on the more dire assertions by mayors and governors. As reported by <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/23/health/coronavirus-holiday-gatherings.html">The New York Times</a> last week, epidemiologists, contradicting many claims by political leaders, stated that small gatherings among family and friends are not driving surging cases of COVID-19.
“If people are going to meet up, doing so outdoors is probably the lowest-risk way to do it,” said University of Toronto infectious disease modeler Ashleigh Tuite, as reported by the Times. “Telling people they can’t spend time safely outdoors isn’t a rational approach. People are going to recognize that and push back.”
Liccardo is not the first California politician to come under scrutiny over alleged hypocrisy on COVID-19 restrictions. Amid mounting backlash, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) recently apologized for attending a Nov. 6 dinner party with a dozen or so other people at the French Laundry restaurant in Napa Valley.
&#8220;More than three households were present, a violation of the mandatory guidelines for social gatherings set forth by the California Department of Public Health at the time,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/7-times-california-democrats-were-accused-of-skirting-public-health-guidelines">The Daily Wire</a> reported. &#8220;Newsom said the birthday celebration had taken place outdoors, but images obtained by an investigative reporter in L.A. called that claim into question.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/7-times-california-democrats-were-accused-of-skirting-public-health-guidelines">7 Times California Democrats Were Accused of Skirting Public Health Guidelines</a>
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Democrat San Jose Mayor Allegedly Broke Coronavirus Protocols For Thanksgiving

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A Democrat mayor in California is facing criticism over accusations of ignoring coronavirus restrictions after urging residents in his city to &quot;cancel the

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A California Democrat is taking fire after she was caught eating outside at a restaurant immediately after she voted to ban outdoor dining at restaurants.
&#8220;Just hours after Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl voted to ban outdoor dining at L.A. County’s 31,000 restaurants over COVID-19 safety concerns, she visited a restaurant in Santa Monica, where she dined outdoors,&#8221; Fox 11 <a href="https://www.foxla.com/news/la-county-supervisor-dines-at-restaurant-hours-after-voting-to-ban-outdoor-dining">reported</a>. &#8220;FOX 11 received multiple tips that shortly after her vote on Tuesday, Kuehl was seen dining outside at Il Forno Trattoria in Santa Monica, an Italian restaurant near her house that she has previously described as one of her &#8216;favorite&#8217; restaurants.&#8221;
A spokesperson for Kuehl, a former Democratic California state senator, confirmed that she ate at the restaurant in a statement to Fox 11:
<blockquote>She did dine al fresco at Il Forno on the very last day it was permissible. She loves Il Forno, has been saddened to see it, like so many restaurants, suffer from a decline in revenue. She ate there, taking appropriate precautions, and sadly will not dine there again until our Public Health Orders permit.</blockquote>
Fox 11 noted that during last Tuesday&#8217;s L.A. County Board of Supervisors meeting, Kuehl referred to outside dining as “a most dangerous situation.”
“This is a serious health emergency and we must take it seriously,” Kuehl said in voting to ban outdoor dining at restaurants. “The servers are not protected from us, and they’re not protected from their other tables that they’re serving at that particular time, plus all the hours in which they’re working.”
Democrat San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo is also in hot water after being accused of violating coronavirus restrictions for Thanksgiving after he told residents in his city to cancel &#8220;big gatherings.&#8221;
“While few details about Liccardo’s Thanksgiving celebration have been released, it appears the gathering did elude guidelines frequently touted by the Santa Clara County Public Health Department, aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19,” NBC Bay Area <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-san-jose-mayor-allegedly-violated-coronavirus-rules-for-thanksgiving">reported</a>. “A recent spike in coronavirus cases has prompted tighter restrictions across the Bay Area and the potential for California to exceed its capacity for hospital beds within weeks.”
Reporters from the local affiliate learned that he celebrated Thanksgiving with his elderly parents with “an unknown number of other guests.” His office did not disclose how many people attended the dinner, how many different households attended, and whether those who attended followed safety guidelines like wearing masks.
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L.A. Democrat Ate Outside At Restaurant Immediately After Voting To Ban Outdoor Dining

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A California Democrat is taking fire after she was caught eating outside at a restaurant immediately after she voted to ban outdoor dining at restaurants.

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A CNN report published on Monday revealed that, according to leaked documents from communist China that were verified by multiple sources, China significantly underreported the number of coronavirus cases and deaths it was experiencing during the early days in the pandemic and failed to disclose a 2,000% surge in influenza cases that sprung up at the same time that the pandemic was starting in a nearby area.
In its report, CNN notes numerous instances of China suppressing the total number of cases that it was reporting, which altered projections by leading experts of how the pandemic would play out. White House Coronavirus Task Force Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dr-birx-any-lack-of-preparation-due-to-significant-amount-of-missing-data-from-china">noted</a> in March that any lack of preparation by the Trump administration in responding to the pandemic was due to a &#8220;significant amount&#8221; of missing data from China, which made the pandemic look like the 2003 SARS outbreak.
On February 10, &#8220;Chinese authorities reported 2,478 new confirmed cases — raising the total global number to more than 40,000, with fewer than 400 cases occurring outside of mainland China,&#8221; CNN reported. &#8220;In a report marked &#8216;internal document, please keep confidential,&#8217; local health authorities in the province of Hubei, where the virus was first detected, list a total of 5,918 newly detected cases on February 10, more than double the official public number of confirmed cases, breaking down the total into a variety of subcategories.&#8221;
The documents list other examples of numbers that Chinese officials reported on specific days being significantly smaller than what their internal numbers were showing.
The documents also revealed that Chinese officials, because of a variety of reasons, falsely thought that the average time between on &#8220;onset of symptoms to confirmed diagnosis was 23.3 days, which experts have told CNN would have significantly hampered steps to both monitor and combat the disease.&#8221;
CNN noted another key finding that has previously not been reported:
<blockquote>At the same time that the virus is believed to have first emerged, the documents show another health crisis was unfolding: Hubei was dealing with a significant influenza outbreak. It caused cases to rise to 20 times the level recorded the previous year, the documents show, placing enormous levels of additional stress on an already stretched health care system.
The influenza &#8220;epidemic,&#8221; as officials noted in the document, was not only present in Wuhan in December, but was greatest in the neighboring cities of Yichang and Xianning. It remains unclear what impact or connection the influenza spike had on the Covid-19 outbreak. And while there is no suggestion in the documents the two parallel crises are linked, information regarding the magnitude of Hubei&#8217;s influenza spike has still yet to be made public.</blockquote>
CNN claims that they were given the documents by a whistleblower, who requested anonymity, that &#8220;worked inside the Chinese healthcare system, and were a patriot motivated to expose a truth that had been censored, and honor colleagues who had also spoken out.&#8221; CNN does not disclose when they were given the information.
There are some notable issues with CNN&#8217;s report. Despite its own report showing that China concealed the true scale of the pandemic, CNN takes China&#8217;s current reporting of its coronavirus numbers as being accurate. &#8220;Today, China is close to zero local cases and although small-scale outbreaks continue to flare, the virus is mostly contained,&#8221; CNN reports.
The left-wing news network appears to more harshly call into question the credibility of claims made by the United States, the world&#8217;s leading democracy, than it does claims made by the Chinese Communist Party. For example, CNN reports that claims by U.S. officials that the coronavirus may have accidentally leaked out of a lab were made &#8220;without evidence.&#8221;
CNN also claimed that their findings do not support the claim that China intentionally covered up the true extent of the outbreak and cited an expert who claimed that even if China had been transparent it would “not stop the Trump administration” from “downplaying the seriousness of it.”
It&#8217;s important to note top U.S. officials have repeatedly warned about the magnitude of China&#8217;s global influence abilities and their long history of deception. A possibility exists that the report was leaked in an effort to help control the global narrative of China&#8217;s handling of the pandemic as the communist nation is facing an international investigation for its lies and coverup of the pandemic.
U.S. officials have indicated that they believe that China <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-u-s-intelligence-tells-trump-that-china-intentionally-lied-about-coronavirus-outbreak-report-says">&#8220;intentionally&#8221;</a> underreported their true numbers <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-official-gives-fox-news-stunning-estimate-on-chinas-real-coronavius-numbers">&#8220;by at least a factor of 50.&#8221;</a> British officials reportedly told Prime Minister Boris Johnson early in the pandemic that China could have underreported their numbers <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/british-scientific-advisers-claim-chinas-outbreak-could-be-15-to-40-times-worse-than-reported-report-says">“by a factor of 15 to 40 times.”</a> The Washington Post reported in April that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/washington-post-evidence-coming-out-of-wuhan-suggests-real-death-toll-over-40000">&#8220;evidence&#8221;</a> coming out of Wuhan suggested that the real death count was over 40,000, which comes as China still claims that it only has a little over 4,600 deaths total nationwide. A conservative estimate in April from the American Enterprise Institute (AEI)—which gave China every benefit of the doubt when coming up with their calculations, and then some—suggested that China severely and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aei-releases-conservative-estimate-of-chinas-true-outbreak-numbers-its-staggering">“deliberately”</a> underreported their numbers and that China&#8217;s true numbers at the time had to be at least 2.9 million infections with well over 100,000 deaths.
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A CNN report published on Monday revealed that, according to leaked documents from communist China that were verified by multiple sources, China

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The Republican governors of both Arizona and Georgia responded on Monday to recent criticisms from President Donald Trump about the outcome of the presidential elections in their states.
On Sunday, Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-continues-to-hammer-hapless-georgia-gov-brian-kemp-demands-he-use-his-emergency-powers">said</a> in an interview with Fox News host Maria Bartiromo that Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has &#8220;done nothing&#8221; about what he said were problems in Georgia. “He’s done absolutely nothing,” Trump continued. “I’m ashamed that I endorsed him.”
Trump continued criticizing Kemp on Monday morning and pushing him to &#8220;use his emergency powers, which can be easily done, to overrule his obstinate Secretary of State, and do a match of signatures on envelopes.&#8221;
Also on Monday, Trump questioned Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey after he certified the state&#8217;s election results, which included giving Biden the state&#8217;s 11 electoral votes.
&#8220;Why is he rushing to put a Democrat in office, especially when so many horrible things concerning voter fraud are being revealed at the hearing going on right now,&#8221; Trump fired back on Twitter. &#8220;@OANN What is going on with @dougducey ? Republicans will long remember!&#8221;
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Why is he rushing to put a Democrat in office, especially when so many horrible things concerning voter fraud are being revealed at the hearing going on right now. <a href="https://twitter.com/OANN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@OANN</a> What is going on with <a href="https://twitter.com/dougducey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@dougducey</a>? Republicans will long remember! <a href="https://t.co/XILGaHcyw7">https://t.co/XILGaHcyw7</a>
&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1333556242984431616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 30, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Trump retweeted a series of tweets attacking Ducey and later called out Ducey while phoning into an Arizona hearing on the election outcome for certifying the Senate win for Democrat Mark Kelly, asking, &#8220;What&#8217;s that all about?&#8221;
Kemp responded to Trump by issuing the following official <a href="https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/governor-kemp-responds-president-trumps-comments-voter-fraud-georgia/6UW7X5TDK5GEXPZM7ALLBO3MUY/">statement</a> on Monday evening:
<blockquote>Georgia law prohibits the Governor from interfering in elections. The Secretary of State, who is an elected constitutional officer, has oversight over elections that cannot be overridden by executive order. As the Governor has said repeatedly, he will continue to follow the law and encourage the Secretary of State to take reasonable steps — including a sample audit of signatures — to restore trust and address serious issues that have been raised.</blockquote>
Ducey responded to Trump with the following <a href="https://twitter.com/dougducey/status/1333603735855976450">statement</a> that was broken down into a lengthy series of tweets posted on Monday night:
<blockquote>I’ve been pretty outspoken about Arizona’s election system, and bragged about it quite a bit, including in the Oval Office. And for good reason. We’ve been doing early voting since 1992. Arizona didn’t explore or experiment this year. We didn’t cancel election day voting as some pushed for — we weren’t going to disenfranchise any voter.
In Arizona, we have some of the strongest election laws in the country, laws that prioritize accountability and clearly lay out procedures for conducting, canvassing, and even contesting the results of an election. We’ve got ID at the polls. We review EVERY signature (every single one) on early ballots — by hand — unlike other states that use computers. Prohibitions on ballot harvesting. Bipartisan poll observers. Clear deadlines, including no ballots allowed after Election Day.
The problems that exist in other states simply don’t apply here. I’ve also said all along, I’m going to follow the law. So here’s what the law says&#8230; It requires the Secretary of State, in the presence of the Governor and the Attorney General, to canvass the election on the fourth Monday following the general election. That was today.
This can ONLY be delayed if counties DECLINE to certify their results. ALL 15 counties in Arizona — counties run by both parties — certified their results. The canvass of the election triggers a 5-day window for any elector to bring a credible challenge to the election results in court. 
If you want to contest the results, now is the time. Bring your challenges. That’s the law. I’ve sworn an oath to uphold it, and I take my responsibility seriously.</blockquote>
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Arizona, Georgia Governors Respond To Recent Criticisms From Trump Over Election Results

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The Republican governors of both Arizona and Georgia responded on Monday to recent criticisms from President Donald Trump about the outcome of the presidential elections in their states.

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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), one of the few centrist Democrats in Washington, D.C., leveled Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on Monday during an interview with The New York Times, which came in response to her trolling him on Twitter last month.
“I guess she put the dagger stare on me,” Manchin said. “I don’t know the young lady — I really don’t. I never met her. I’m understanding she’s not that active with her bills or in committee. She’s more active on Twitter than anything else.”
The New York Times noted that Manchin&#8217;s words constituted &#8220;a sharp insult&#8221; because in the U.S. Senate &#8220;legislative prowess is prized.&#8221;
Manchin&#8217;s words came after Ocasio-Cortez trolled him on Twitter in mid-November over his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aoc-posts-photo-of-herself-glaring-at-fellow-democrat-over-his-defund-police-pushback-criticism-of-socialism">pushback</a> against the far-left portion of the Democrat Party.
&#8220;Defund the police? Defund, my butt,&#8221; Manchin wrote on Twitter last month. &#8220;I&#8217;m a proud West Virginia Democrat. We are the party of working men and women. We want to protect Americans&#8217; jobs &amp; healthcare. We do not have some crazy socialist agenda, and we do not believe in defunding the police.&#8221;
Ocasio-Cortez responded by posting a picture of her glaring at him during the 2019 State of the Union address.
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“We’re not going to defund the police, we’re not for the new green deal,” Manchin later added in the interview. “That’s not going to happen. We’re not for Medicare for All — we can’t even pay for Medicare for some.”
Manchin has previously mocked Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;s &#8220;Green New Deal,&#8221; which experts have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/economic-apocalypse-ocasio-cortezs-green-new-deal-ryan-saavedra">said</a> could cost up to $93 trillion.
“It’s not a deal. It’s a dream,&#8221; Manchin <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-democrat-senator-has-choice-words-ocasio-ryan-saavedra">told</a> CNN last year. &#8220;And that’s fine. People should have dreams, in the perfect world what they would like to see. I got to work with the realities, and I got to work the practical, what I have in front of me. I got to make sure our country has affordable, dependable, reliable energy 24/7. But you can’t just be a denier and say, ‘Well, I’m not going to use coal. I’m not going to use natural gas. I’m not going to use oil.&#8217;”
“And you have to understand also the climate, we talk about global climate, Chris, it’s the globe. It’s not North American climate,” Manchin continued. “It’s not the United States climate. It’s the globe. How do we bring on China and India and everybody else who are great users of carbon right now, and polluters of carbon, to be carbon-free also, by using technology?”
Manchin triggered the hard Left last month when he committed to stopping the progressive wing of the Democrat Party if Democrats manage to win both of the U.S. Senate races in Georgia next month. If they win, the Senate would result in a 50-50 tie that a Vice President Kamala Harris could break, thus effectively giving Democrats the majority.
The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/abolish-the-senate-trends-on-the-left-after-democrat-senator-joe-manchin-makes-pledge-during-interview?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=benshapiro&amp;fbclid=IwAR1RSCQBLDUI_WJH3NvFABI83LnDw1eVtu7MrUxw-pFs7f6w8NRTb9yMBRg">reported</a>:
<blockquote>Manchin made the remarks during an interview with Fox News anchor Bret Baier, who asked Manchin about a recent comment from Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer. Schumer said late last week that the Democrats will “change America” if they win two run-off Senate races in Georgia.</blockquote>
“Well, there’s a lot of people that are concerned. There’s a lot of fear tactics that are being used right now,” Manchin said. “If both of the Georgia senators were elected from the Democratic Party, then that would be 50/50, if both Dan Sullivan and Thom Tillis win; 50/50 means there’s a tie. But if one senator does not vote on the Democratic side, there is no tie and there is no bill.”
“So, I commit to you tonight and I commit to all of your viewers and everyone else that’s watching, I want to lay those fears, I want to rest those fears for you right now, because, when they talk about whether it be packing the courts or ending the filibuster, I will not vote to do that,” Manchin continued. “I will not vote to pack the courts. I think — and I will not vote to end the filibuster. Bret, this system, the Senate, this so unique body in the world, it was made to work together in a bipartisan way. And once you start breaking down those barriers, then you lose every reason that we are the institution that we are, the most deliberative body.”
“So, I want to lay those fears to rest, that that won’t happen, because I will not be the 50th Democrat voting to end that filibuster or to basically stack the court,” he added. “And then all the other things you’re hearing about, Bret, also, is — defund the police. I don’t know of any of the Democrats in the caucus that are for defunding the police. We are not for that whatsoever. And when they talk about basically Medicare for All, we can’t even pay for Medicare for some. It doesn’t make any sense at all. We have got to fix the Affordable Care Act we have. And I think our Republican — moderate Republicans will work with us to now repair what needs to be repaired.”
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Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin Throws ‘Sharp Insult’ At Ocasio-Cortez During Interview

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), one of the few centrist Democrats in Washington, D.C., leveled Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on Monday during an interview

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A group that was previously led by Democrat Senate candidate Raphael Warnock is under investigation by the state of Georgia for its voter registration activities, Georgia&#8217;s secretary of state announced on Monday.
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said that he had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/georgia-secretary-of-state-opens-250-investigations-into-credible-claims-of-illegal-voting">launched an investigation</a> into &#8220;third party groups working to register people in other states to vote here in Georgia.&#8221;
&#8220;We have opened an investigation into a group called America Votes who is sending absentee ballot applications to people at addresses where they have not lived since 1994; Vote Forward, who attempted to register a dead Alabama voter, a woman, to vote here in Georgia; The New Georgia Project, who sent voter registration applications to New York City, at Operation New Voter Registration Georgia, who is telling college students in Georgia that they can change their residency to Georgia and then change it back after the election,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Let me be very clear again, voting in Georgia when you are not resident of Georgia is a felony.&#8221;
The Washington Free Beacon <a href="https://freebeacon.com/2020-election/warnock-led-voter-registration-group-under-investigation/">reported</a> that Warnock served as the CEO of The New Georgia Project until February of this year.
&#8220;The announcement comes as Democrats have praised Raffensperger, a Republican, for pushing back against President Donald Trump&#8217;s allegations of election fraud in Georgia during the presidential election,&#8221; the report said. &#8220;Warnock was listed as CEO of the New Georgia Project from 2017 until Feb. 21, 2020, according to the group&#8217;s corporate filings. He has been identified as the New Georgia Project&#8217;s chairman and spokesman in media reports and has said he organized voter mobilization drives for the group, including a push to register 80,000 new minority voters in 2014. His campaign did not respond to a request for comment about the ongoing investigation.&#8221;
The report noted that The New Georgia Project was previously the subject of a voter fraud investigation in 2014 when contractors working for the group were accused of forging voter registration applications.
“Let me emphasize this again, casting an illegal vote in Georgia is a felony, casting more than one vote in Georgia is a felony,” Raffensperger added at the press conference. “Upholding the law matters, truth matters, and your vote matters. Anyone telling you to boycott an election is not on your side. Your right to vote is sacred. Don’t let someone con you out of it.”
The announcement into the group formerly run by Warnock comes as Warnock is engaged in one of two U.S. Senate runoff races in the state that are set to take place during the first week in January. The outcome of the two races will determine which party controls the U.S. Senate ahead of the incoming Biden administration.
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Georgia Investigating Group, Previously Led By Democrat Senate Candidate Warnock, For Voter Registration Activities

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A group that was previously led by Democrat Senate candidate Raphael Warnock is under investigation by the state of Georgia for its voter registration

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