Tag: conflict and war
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Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin announces he has ‘serious but curable form of cancer’
CNN — Democratic Rep. Jamie Ruskin of Maryland announced Wednesday that he has “serious but curable cancer” and will begin outpatient treatment. “After several days of testing, I was diagnosed with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, a serious but curable cancer,” Raskin said in a statement. Georgetown University Hospital and Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center are about…
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January 6 panelist Raskin points to Electoral College reform as next priority to safeguard democracy
CNN — Rep. Jamie Ruskin, a member of the House of Representatives’ January 6 election committee, said reforming the Electoral College to ensure that the presidential winner reflects the results of the popular vote is an important part of protecting democracy. I said it would be the next step. “Twice in our history alone this…
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Trump lawyer: January 6 panel’s criminal referrals are ‘worthless’
CNN — The January 6 commission’s referral of criminals to the Justice Department that prompted the indictment of Donald Trump was “worthless,” one of the former president’s attorneys told CNN on Saturday. “The referral itself is almost worthless,” Trump’s attorney Tim Perlatore told the CNN Newsroom. “The Department of Justice doesn’t have to follow suit.…
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Congress passes first legislative response to January 6 Capitol attack
CNN — Congress has passed measures aimed at making it more difficult to overturn sanctioned presidential elections. This is a key moment that marks the first legislative response to the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol and the relentless pressure campaign of then-President Donald Trump. power despite his 2020 loss. The bill to…
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Jan. 6 committee releases final report
CNN — The House Select Committee To Investigate The Jan. 6, 2021 Riots Is A Comprehensive Outline Of The Findings Of A Bipartisan Panel On How Former President Donald Trump And His Allies Tried To Overturn The 2020 Presidential Election. Published the final report. The 845-page report is based on documents collected, including more than…
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‘He knows he lost’: Cassidy Hutchinson testified that Trump acknowledged he lost 2020 election
Washington CNN — Shortly after Joe Biden was elected in the 2020 election, then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows told his aide Cassidy Hutchinson that President Donald Trump knew he had lost, but the results from the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 riots. A transcript of an interview with the committee that…