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Donald Trump and Michael Flynn in 2016. File photo: AFP Michael Flynn pleaded guilty in 2017 to lying to the FBI over his Russian contacts A pardon from Trump would take the matter out of the courts. Topic |   Donald Trump Published: 1:45pm, 25 Nov, 2020 Updated: 6:27pm, 25 Nov, 2020…

Donald Trump plans to pardon his disgraced former national security adviser Michael Flynn before he leaves office, according to multiple media reports.Flynn will be among a series of pardons that Trump plans to grant before his term in office ends, multiple sources were reported as saying by Axios and the…

In the closing weeks of the presidential campaign, President Donald Trump began telling his supporters that if former Vice President Joe Biden was elected, market mayhem would follow. “If Biden wins,” he told a cheering crowd at an airport near Reading, Pennsylvania, on Halloween, “you’re going to have a stock…

Donald Trump has relented and told officials to start the process of transitioning power to Presidential-elect Joe Biden. However, the outgoing US President is still challenging the results of the election, describing it as "corrupt". The decision means Mr Biden - who secured a clear win in both the popular…

Donald Trump may have finally allowed the transition to Joe Biden to begin, but the president has made clear he is not going down without a fight.Trump made clear Monday evening that starting the transition, which will allow Biden to get daily security briefings and be able to communicate with the…

US President Donald Trump departs the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, US, April 17, 2020. AFP/Jim Watson/FilesAfter weeks of protest, President Donald Trump, for the first time came his closest yet to accept his election defeat on Monday.The government agency meant to ease Joe Biden´s transition…

Trump has virtually conceded defeat to Joe Biden agreeing to begin the transition to the Democrat's administration while also making claims that he will be the ultimate winner of the Nov 3 election TopicsUS Presidential elections 2020 | Donald Trump IANS  |  New York  Last Updated at November 24, 2020 08:53 IST…

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Mr Biden was declared the “apparent winner” of the US election by a key federal agency, clearing the way for the start of the transition.The move clears the way for Mr Biden’s aides to begin co-ordinating with federal agencies on plans for the takeover on January 20."Please know that I…

Donald Trump is appealing a federal judge’s dismissal of his campaign’s effort to block the certification of votes in Pennsylvania. he president and other plaintiffs filed notice of appeal to the 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals on Sunday, a day after the judge issued a scathing order shooting down…