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Additional evidence shows just how hard ex-President Trump tried to overturn democracy after his election defeat last year. The House Oversight Committee released documents showing that Trump tried to involve law enforcement in his scheme. Carolyn Maloney is the committee chair.
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CAROLYN MALONEY: President Trump repeatedly pressured the Department of Justice to overturn the election he had lost.
INSKEEP: The defeated president pushed the Justice Department to engage in schemes that were so baseless that his own appointees refused. NPR congressional reporter Claudia Grisales is here. Good morning.
CLAUDIA GRISALES, BYLINE: Good morning, Steve.
Cheney’s Grip on GOP Job Weakens as Trump Backs Replacement Bloomberg 2 hrs ago Daniel Flatley and Derek Wallbank
(Bloomberg) Representative Liz Cheney’s grip on her No. 3 House Republican job all but vanished as former President Donald Trump endorsed replacing her with New York Representative Elise Stefanik, who also has the backing of the chamber’s second-ranking GOP leader.
The former president’s intervention shows how he is determined to keep his hold on the party heading into the 2022 election and beyond, and how willing the GOP leadership is to give him that control.
Cheney has been a vocal and persistent critic of Trump and his unfounded claims of election fraud, which has left her increasingly isolated in the party. In his statement, Trump said Cheney “has no business in Republican Party Leadership.”
Polarizing Candidates Get Cash Boost in Democratic Vote Bill Bloomberg 3 hrs ago Bill Allison
(Bloomberg) Democrats in Congress are trying to increase the clout of small donors, yet a provision in their voting-rights legislation risks favoring candidates from either party who hold polarizing views and widening ideological divisions on Capitol Hill.
As part of the sweeping voting-rights bill, House candidates who opt into public financing would get a 600% match for individual contributions of as much as $200, a move intended to lessen the power of deep-pocketed backers. Small-dollar donors, however, tend to give more to candidates who draw national attention as firebrands meaning the provision could end up rewarding partisanship.
Polarizing Candidates Get Cash Boost in Democratic Vote Bill Bloomberg 7 hrs ago Bill Allison
(Bloomberg) Democrats in Congress are trying to increase the clout of small donors, yet a provision in their voting-rights legislation risks favoring candidates from either party who hold polarizing views and widening ideological divisions on Capitol Hill.
As part of the sweeping voting-rights bill, House candidates who opt into public financing would get a 600% match for individual contributions of as much as $200, a move intended to lessen the power of deep-pocketed backers. Small-dollar donors, however, tend to give more to candidates who draw national attention as firebrands meaning the provision could end up rewarding partisanship.