New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) on Wednesday criticized former President Trump's comments on his company's financial statements, which she said contradict the former president's own lawyers' court filing.
The New York Attorney General's office said in court filings late Tuesday that it has found "significant evidence" that former President Trump's company committed fraud, and asked a state judge to order Trump and two of hi
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Pardon-seekers and those lobbying on their behalf have reportedly paid allies of Trump tens of thousands of dollars to press the president to grant clemency. Everything is a transaction. He likes pardons because it is unilateral. And he likes doing favors for people he thinks will owe him, one source familiar with the matter told CNN.
The list of potential pardons, however, does not currently include Trump himself.
Trump has reportedly floated the idea of issuing pardons for himself and members of his family for months, while Democrats have long threatened to pursue investigations of the president s personal finances that could potentially lead to criminal charges once he leaves office.
Romney, the only Republican senator to vote to convict Trump on an article of impeachment in February, accused Trump of inciting a mob of supporters to storm the Capitol while Congress was counting the vote of the Electoral College on Wednesday.
Rep. Garrett Graves (R-La.) on Friday called for Trump to step back from the duties of his office, though he said he did not support impeaching the president or invoking the 25th Amendment.
“He effectively needs to resign. And what I mean by that is, effectively, he will not be out there talking, speaking, wielding the full authority and power of the White House, maybe even technically finding a way to hand over the keys to [Vice President] Pence,” he said.