WaPo:
Some defendants charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack reacted to Donald Trump’s election victory with elation Wednesday, as their defense lawyers began taking steps to delay trials or sentencesin ongoing cases in anticipation of presidential pardons… Continue reading
Remember, NV permits absentee ballots to come in up to 4 days after election day, if postmarked by election day.
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Politico:
Voters in multiple states rejected structural changes to how they vote.
More initiatives that could transform how voters vote were on ballots across the country than ever before. Many would have combined two proposals popular with reformers — an… Continue reading
NYT:
The People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump was the one criminal case against the former president that actually went to trial. Now that Mr. Trump has reclaimed the presidency, it, too, is in jeopardy.… Continue reading
NYT:
His victory lap was the culmination of an effort that began only six months ago and depended on a risky gamble: Mr. Musk’s new super PAC effectively led Mr. Trump’s get-out-the-vote operation in battleground states — and Mr. Trump… Continue reading
Earlier today, I spoke with president-elect Trump and congratulated him on his victory. I also told him that we will help him and his team with their transition and that we will engage in a peaceful transfer of power. A… Continue reading
AJC:
Donald Trump’s victory means he is likely to name a U.S. attorney general who will halt the two federal prosecutions he is facing.
That means Fulton County’s election interference case could be the only criminal case left standing. And… Continue reading
NBC News:
Justice Department officials have been evaluating how to wind down the two federal criminal cases against President-elect Donald Trump before he takes office to comply with long-standing department policy that a sitting president can’t be prosecuted, two people… Continue reading
Nye is currently only at 8% turnout — Brown will take a lead once these ballots post, and it then becomes about how much Clark mail is out thereClark is currently at 62.6% turnout in the Senate raceCould come down… Continue reading
A new Common Ground Democracy essay about the results of yesterday’s election, with this subtitle: “Yesterday, America chose hard-right over center-left but would have preferred center-right to either.”
Politico:
Fewer than 37,000 mail ballots are left to count in Philadelphia, the Democratic stronghold where Kamala Harris had hoped to run up the score and offset Donald Trump’s gains in other parts of the state.
Trump is currently… Continue reading