Why Biden s overwhelming support from Dem voters matters
Oddly enough, Biden has managed to pull off a polling feat Trump felt the need to lie about.
President Joe Biden speaks during an event with the CEOs of Johnson and Johnson and Merck in Washington on March 10, 2021.Alex Wong / Getty Images
April 15, 2021, 3:16 PM UTC
BySteve Benen
Among Donald Trump s favorite lies was that he enjoyed an approval among Republican voters between 94% and 96% throughout his failed White House tenure. The boasts were never quite true, but the former president, preoccupied with the idea that only GOP voters mattered, peddled the line obsessively anyway.
Trump Pardons Prominent DC Developer Douglas Jemal
The man who rebuilt much of Chinatown and Ivy City was convicted of wire fraud in 2006. Share
Among Donald Trump’s last-minute spate of 73 pardons: prominent DC real estate developer Douglas Jemal.
Jemal who revitalized much of Chinatown’s commercial corridor and more recently redeveloped Northeast DC’s Ivy City was convicted of wire fraud in 2006. The case against him revolved around public corruption, with prosecutors alleging the developer had bribed a DC government official to get contracts with inflated profits.
Jemal maintained his innocence, with his defense arguing that he was profitable simply because he was a good businessman. A jury acquitted Jemal of the most serious conspiracy and bribery charges, while finding him guilty of a lesser charge of wire fraud.