Governments deadline passes for the regions forces to surrender. U. S. President donald trump has pardoned his former National Security advisor, michael slid. It comes just 8 weeks before he vacates the white house and it takes direct aim at the russia probe that trump always claimed was a political witch hunt in 2017. Michael flynn pled guilty to lying to the f. B. I. About his contacts with the Russian Ambassador. Trouble alst his full pardon on for a number of u. S. Lawmakers have condemned it as a blatant interference with the justice system. A little earlier us president elect joe biden, used his thanksgiving message to urge americans to come together and stop the spread of the coronavirus. He said the grim season of division would soon give way to light. Well, lets bring in rosalind jordan, whos in washington d. C. Roles. Lets start with michael. Flynn, president , had at one time, really tried to distance himself from from, than after the guilty plea. But he came back into the f
8002. U are unsure, 202748 you can text us at 2027488903. On twitter it is cspan. Wj. And facebook. It is republicans only for that question. We will open it up tomorrow for democrats only in our first hour of the program as well. Good morning and welcome to washington journal. One of those former supporters and fox opinion commentator opinion writer in the wall street journal. Bases his peace. The headline, this election result will not be overturned. Occasionally change margins in the hundreds but not in the tens of thousands. It has been an unsettling year, at deadly virus claimed almost a quarter million lives, a lockdown demolished personal routines and left us gasping for normality, a sudden deep depression snatched newfound prosperity for families, so why not finish out with a miscast election as the finale . Trump is that mr. Pursuing legal challenges in pennsylvania, wisconsin, michigan, arizona, nevada, and there will be an automatic recount in georgia given bidens. 29 lead.
2 growing desperation on Spains Canary islands. Welcome to the program, the us president pardoned his former National Security advisor michael flynn. It comes 8 weeks before he vacates the white house president elect. Joe biden is pressing on with his transition plans. Hes delivered a thanksgiving speech. Cautions during the pandemic, also in jordan reports now from washington. D. C. Thank you very much, even as he refuses to concede that he lost reelection to joe biden. U. S. President donald trump gave a gift to his 1st National Security adviser, general michael flynn. A pardon for flints crimes, namely, prolonging to federal investigators about his contacts with the former Russian Ambassador to the u. S. Sergey kissling at flynns case was part of a legal black cloud that hung over trumps entire presidency. Flynt son responded on the conservative social media site parlor. Thank you from the bottom of my heart president trump, and a big middle finger to judge emmett sullivan, and truc
Lead. He leads 51 of the vote. You see donald trump here with 47 of the how many votes have been counted that is a key of course right here, 84 as i get turned around, but you still have quite a few votes to count in arizona and those 11 Electoral College votes at stake. That is the state that the Trump Campaign is hopeful that it can flip essentially from what the a p called as a biden state to make it a trump state and then if they can get arizona and they can turn these from pink to red meaning there trump states theres a path team trump is still hopeful, obviously the pennsylvania ends up in its favor been a lot of votes that are still outstanding mail in ballots in pennsylvania and georgia that have yet to be counted again getting some votes tonight some vote updates in arizona and georgia so that should go a long way towards determining what the outcome of this could be but with 264 electoral votes, joe biden if he just got nevada and the 6 Electoral College votes nevada has that
We did not lose the principles of free and fair elections. So were working every day to defend the right of every american to participate in an election that they can trust and find legitimate. Host and youre funded by individual donors, by larger groups . Guest were a 501c3 nonprofit and we dont talk about donors. They respect their privacy, as do groups on all sides of the political spectrum. Host as you look at the president ial race, where are we now and how many legal challenges across the country has the Trump Campaign put forth . Guest well, there are a number of legal challenges that have been filed by the Trump Campaign or related entities, particularly targeting a few key states based on the results and what i presume to be a calculation about how they can get to 270 in the he leble college. Those states would be pennsylvania, michigan, arizona, nevada and georgia. Those seem to be getting the most attention. Most of these lawsuits, at least so far, focus on process questions