NYT: Trump plotted to pick loyalist as acting AG to overturn election 06:19 (CNN)Former President Donald Trump pushed the Department of Justice to directly ask the Supreme Court to invalidate President Joe Biden s election win, people familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal.
The effort was part of Trump s pressure on the Justice Department in his final weeks in office to overturn his election loss which also included plans to fire then-acting Attorney General Jeffery Rosen with a relatively unknown Justice Department lawyer who was willing to use the department to support Trump s false claims about election fraud in Georgia, two people briefed on the matter told CNN.
Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) said Sunday on NBC’s "Meet the Press" if Democrats need to consider ending the 60-vote filibuster threshold to pass legislation if Republicans don’t work with them. | Clips
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Legal questions have continued to rise over Democrats impeachment push of former President Donald Trump. The main concern is that a president cannot be impeached once he or she leaves office. Democrats are focused on impeachment because it would bar Trump from running for office ever again. They are now, however, looking at another way of achieving that goal: through the 14th Amendment.
Section 3 of the 14th Amendment allows Congress to limit an elected official from being considered for office if they have taken part in insurrection or rebellion. Democrats have continually said President Trump encouraged his supporters to attack the Capitol on Jan. 6, something they consider an act of insurrection. At least that s what they claim in their article of impeachment.
By Ted Hesson and Mica Rosenberg WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It was a bold opening salvo from the incoming administration of President Joe Biden: an immigr.
By Ted Hesson and Mica Rosenberg WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It was a bold opening salvo from the incoming administration of President Joe Biden: an immigr.