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Pence tells governors 'our time' is coming to an end, promises 'seamless' transition moving forward J. Scott Applewhite/AP Vice President Mike Pence readS the final certification of Electoral College votes cast in November's presidential election during a joint session of Congress after working through the night, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. Violent protesters loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol Wednesday, disrupting the process. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool) and last updated 2021-01-12 14:49:55-05 Vice President Mike Pence has told governors on...

Important enough for bob mueller to give this sort of deal to. there may be people that we have not focused on right now. maybe sam clovis who is cochair of the campaign. i know papadopoulos had conversations with him. >> pence transition. >> right. exactly right. he was cochair of the campaign. but very significant figure as well. but what we've heard in terms of connection to flynn would be kushner. and look michael flynn somebody who the president of the united states has a very close relationship with. allegedly told the fbi director to let the investigation go against flynn because he's a...

To resign and divest his assets to comply with federal law. it poses unique challenges for the vetting process. some of the nominees are so wealthy, their assets so varied, there are not enough boxes on the standard form for them. now, under a law passed in the wake of the watergate scandal, every cab knit appointee has to by law under go a thorough ethics review. the director of the office of government ethics has to oversee that and many are behind schedule, including several current nominees from president-elect trump with confirmation hearings scheduled this week. haven even completed fbi ...

Transition team, the oge director said, "we seem to have lost contact with the trump/pence transition since the election." when asked about concerns over the vetting process and this week's jammed-pack hearing session, this was the response from majority leader mitch mcconnell. >> all of these procedural complaints are related to their frustration of having not only lost the white house but having lost the senate. i understand that. papers are still coming in and so i'm optimistic that we'll be able to get up to seven nominees on day one, just like we did eight years ago. >> eight years ago wh...