Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump depart the White House before boarding Marine One in Washington, D.C.
President Donald Trump has prepared a sweeping list of individuals he s hoping to pardon in the final days of his administration that includes senior White House officials, family members, prominent rappers and possibly himself, according to people familiar with the matter.
Trump is hoping to announce the pardons on Jan. 19 his final full day in office and his ideas are currently being vetted by senior advisers and the White House counsel s office, the people said.
The biggest question facing his legal team may be whether the president has the authority to pardon himself, as he has discussed in recent weeks with top aides, according to the people familiar with his conversations. Trump has previously claimed the power, though it s a matter of legal dispute and has never before been attempted by a president.
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(Bloomberg) President Donald Trump has prepared a sweeping list of individuals he’s hoping to pardon in the final days of his administration that includes senior White House officials, family members, prominent rappers and possibly himself, according to people familiar with the matter.
Trump is hoping to announce the pardons on Jan. 19 his final full day in office and his ideas are currently being vetted by senior advisers and the White House counsel’s office, the people said.
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Cardiac arrests outside of hospitals went up by 60% during the first 10 weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic over the same period the year before. And there was a 42% jump in deaths from cardiac arrests in the pre-hospital setting.
These were some of the findings of a study of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest records of the Emergency Service Information System in Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties from March 23 through May 31, 2020.
Adam Oostema, M.D and associate professor of emergency medicine in the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, co-authored the study.
Oostema said the rise in cardiac arrests and related deaths outside of hospitals is probably due to factors directly and indirectly related to COVID-19.
Following Donald Trump’s incitement of insurrection on Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25
th Amendment. Other Democratic lawmakers and, to a lesser extent, Republicans have echoed Schumer’s demand, arguing that Trump must be removed from office immediately. Some politicians most notably Chair of the House Democratic Caucus Hakeem Jeffries have taken a more traditional route, demanding Trump’s swift impeachment.
There is at least one major benefit to the 25
th Amendment that’s not provided by impeachment: It would immediately sideline the president, transferring his full authority to Pence. But there are a number of drawbacks that make the amendment a potentially dangerous weapon to wield against an unhinged president. To better understand its advantages and risks, I spoke with Michigan State University College of Law professor Brian C. Kalt, who wrote the book on the amendment. Our conversation has been edit