A Georgia judge has ordered the partial release of a special grand jury report into former President Donald Trump and his allies' efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss. The report will include the introduction and conclusion, as well as a section about witnesses potentially lying under oath. The report is likely to further fuel the debate over Trump's attempts to overturn the election results, with the possibility of charges being brought against the former president or his associates.
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Key takeaways: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise expressed his frustration with President Joe Biden’s inaccurate claims about the GOP’s stance on Social Security and Medicare.…
Donald Trump's 2020 campaign team commissioned the Berkeley Research Group to investigate his claims of electoral fraud, but the research team failed to substantiate the theories. The findings did not match what the team had hoped for, and the research team found no evidence to support the notion that dead people voted in the election. Numerous other investigations also found no evidence of widespread voter fraud.
The Justice Department has recently received a folder with classified markings from former President Donald Trump's legal team, which was voluntarily turned over by his lawyers. In addition to the folder, Trump's lawyers have also voluntarily turned over to federal investigators additional papers marked as classified, as well as a laptop belonging to a Trump aide. The Justice Department has appointed a special counsel to investigate the retention by Trump of hundreds of documents marked as classified at his Florida estate.
Confusion arose over the status of the traditional pre-Super Bowl interview with President Joe Biden on Friday, with the White House and Fox Corp. unable to come to an agreement. Fox later said the interview was back on, but the status of the interview remains unclear. The public spat between the White House and Fox Corp. has left many wondering if the interview will take place this year.
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., was released from the hospital on Friday after two days of tests and observation. He had been admitted after feeling lightheaded following a lawmakers’ retreat, and underwent a CT, CTA, MRI, and EEG tests, all of which came back normal.
President Biden and the White House have been vocal in their criticism of Republican senators Mike Lee, Rick Scott, and Ron Johnson over their proposals that could affect retirement and health care programs. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has been particularly vocal in his criticism of Scott's "Rescue America" plan, which proposed that all federal legislation sunsets in 5 years. The Republican senators have responded forcefully, accusing Biden of deceiving the public about where they stand, and the debate between the White House and Republican senators is likely to continue in the coming weeks.
Congressman George Santos of New York has been caught in another lie, this time involving United States Senator Kyrsten Sinema. Santos falsely claimed that Sinema had consoled him after a tense exchange with Senator Mitt Romney, but Sinema's office has denied this. Santos has previously been embroiled in controversy for lying about major parts of his life story, and it remains to be seen if he will face any consequences for his false claims.