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Lawmakers probing the 2021 attack on the US Capitol vote to subpoena former President Donald Trump to testify on his involvement in the violence. IMAGES
On Wednesday, Vice President Mike Pence wrote a letter to Congress. In the letter he does not have the "unilateral authority" to throw out states' electoral votes. The statement came minutes before Congress convened to officially certify President-elect Joe Biden's 2020 election victory. Pres. Trump has insisted that Pence has the power to "decertify" states' electoral votes and throw the election to him.
Donald Trump appeared on Fox & Friends to vow to keep pursuing legal challenges in several swing states. The President said that legal challenges will "continue to go forward," despite numerous defeats. Trump recognized the need to "speed it up" as the Electoral College will meet on Monday. He referred to the US as a "third world country" and expressed his concerns about Joe Biden being an "illegitimate president." "We keep going and we're going to continue to go forward. We have numerous local cases." According to Business Insider the case that Trump seems to be referring to resulted in a judge saying the lawsuit "smacks like racism."
President Donald Trump continues to falsely insist he won the presidential election. His supporters are rallying behind him. They gathered in droves today in Washington, DC, to defend Trump's accusations of mass voter fraud. Business Insider reports that Trump's accusations have been disproven over 50 times. President-elect Joe Biden won the 2020 election, and will take office January 20. Trump's supporters at the march refused to acknowledge Biden's victory. They were also parroting the same baseless allegations the president has been making since the results came out in November.
Donald Trump slams his New York criminal trial as an "assault on America." "It's a case that should have never been brought," the former president says as he arrives at a Manhattan court for his historic hush money trial. IMAGES
Special counsel Jack Smith announces that Donald Trump has been indicted over his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election -- the most serious legal threat yet to the former president as he campaigns to return to the White House. Trump is charged with four counts in the 45-page indictment brought by Smith, including conspiracy to defraud the United States. SOUNDBITE
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