Episode 9

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10th Dec 2020

Lawsuits, Scandals, Pardons .. oh my!

This episode features the song “Aside” by Normcore, available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.

Links to this weeks stories :

00:09 Trump Lawsuits continue 

  • Michigan - Court finds the point of Trump's “purportedly emergent application” for an appeal “moot”, due to vote certification being over
  • Nevada - Trump's team argues fraud, is neglected due to unrealistic nature of argument, Nevada Supreme Court rules to end 
  • Minnesota - Republicans attempting to overturn the Biden victory in the state were shut down, courts arguing their practice was un-democratic 
  • Wisconsin - Attempt to disqualify 221,000 votes was not heard on basis of precedent 
  • Georgia - vote to “void” the election there was instantly shut down on un-democratic practice
  • Arizona - Similar to Georgia

09:45 DACA Reinstated

  • Deferred action of childhood arrivals reinstated by Brooklyn court after acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf ironically returns to Obama-Era policy in wake of election results 

20:58 Pardons 

  • Preemptive Pardons for Giuliani and his staffers 
  • Preemptive pardons for Trump's family 
  • Pseudo-Scandals - Currently a court case investigating a cash-for-pardon scheme from Trump and his allies, Ivanka admitting to testifying, judge forcing case to be known to the public
  • Micheal Flynn - reposted a message on social media calling for Trump to impose martial law, and declare himself winner of the election 

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