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Trump still faces criminal and civil liability for phone call to rig Georgia election: Law professor
January 20, 2021
On MSNBC Wednesday, Fordham Law professor Jed Shugerman explained how former President Trump is still potentially on the hook for his phone calls to Georgia officials trying to demand they "find" extra votes for him — both civilly and criminally.
"I think legal commentators have been too cautious and too wary of claiming exactly what is on that phone call," said Shugerman. "When he asks for the Georgia secretary of state to find votes, he's not in good faith saying, you know, look around, you know, the gymnasiums for votes, he's saying exactly find 10,000 xxx votes which could give him exactly the number. Just because someone thinks an election is not fair doesn't mean you get to print fraudulently 11,000 votes. That's a crime."
<p>"People say, well, it is going to be really hard to prove that beyond a reasonable doubt," continued Shugerman. "That's not the status at the beginning of an investigation. We're talking about whether there is probable cause for investigation and indictment. And I think that's clearly met. So there is that question."</p><p>"I also think that we should be talking about his civil liability," added Shugerman. "I think that we could be seeing civil litigation and depositions to find out Trump's personal liability in tort cases for the insurrection, for the deaths and injuries that happened on January 6th."</p><p><span></span>Watch below:<br/></p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ajdYUgWifDQ" width="640"></iframe>
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Republican loyalist installed at NSA by Trump being placed on leave pending investigation: report
January 20, 2021
On Wednesday, CBS News' Catherine Herridge reported that Michael Ellis, a Republican operative installed as general counsel to the National Security Agency, has been placed on administrative leave — the same week he started work.
According to the report, Ellis' investigation is now being investigated by the inspector general of the Department of Defense, amid accusations that he improperly handled classified information.
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Taxpayers will continue to fund millions in security for Trump kids and random former staffers
January 20, 2021
Former President Donald Trump, as an ex-president, will get secret service protection, but according to the Washington Post, so will his family and several of his top aides at the expense of the American taxpayer.
For six months, Trump demanded protection for "former treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin, former chief of staff Mark Meadows and former national security adviser Robert C. O'Brien."
<p>Under federal law, Trump, his wife and his minor son are all entitled to protection. In the case of young Barron Trump, he only gets protection until he turns 16-years-old under the law. So does former Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen, but only for the first six months after leaving office. </p><p>But Trump wanted his adult children to have their secret service protection as well. That means Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner; Donald Trump Jr., Eric and Lara Trump; and daughter Tiffany will still have their own agents.</p><p>It's highly unusual for a former president to demand protection for such a large amount of people. In the case of former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, they asked for short extensions to protect their children. </p><p>"The perk for the Trump family is expected to cost taxpayers millions of dollars and further stress the elite federal security force, which in the past four years had to staff the largest number ever of full-time security details — up to 42 at one point, according to former senior administration officials," said the report. </p><p>In the case of Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, it was revealed that they refused to allow secret service agents access to a bathroom while protecting their family. In that case,<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/01/14/secret-service-bathroom-ivanka-trump-jared-kushner/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> taxpayers paid $3,000 a month</a> to rent a basement apartment where they could use the bathroom. </p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-extended-secret-service-protection-for-13-members-of-his-family-as-he-left-office/2021/01/20/31ef3e9e-5b3c-11eb-b8bd-ee36b1cd18bf_story.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read the full piece at the Washington Post. </a></p>
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