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1 Dec

Bombshell from former chief of staff Mark Meadows' new book: Trump tested positive for COVID three days before debate with Biden, well before it was disclosed. Meadows says Trump was symptomatic as well.

https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1313198518991978496

Now we know why Dr. Sean Conley was being so cagey...

https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1313198518991978496

Here's more info:

theguardian.com/us-news/2021/d…

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The Recount

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24 Nov

Jury finds Travis McMichael, who shot and killed Ahmaud Arbery, guilty on all 9 counts, including malice murder.

Someone in the courtroom immediately cheers. Judge Timothy Walmsley requests their removal.

Summary of today's verdicts:

• Travis McMichael: Guilty on all 9 counts, including malice murder
• Greg McMichael: Guilty on 8 of 9 counts, excluding malice murder
• William "Roddy" Bryan: Guilty on 6 of 9 counts, including three counts of felony murder

Ahmaud Arbery's mother Wanda Cooper-Jones reacts to the guilty verdicts.

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The Recount

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22 Nov

Waukesha, WI, Police Chief Daniel Thompson says SUV that drove through Christmas parade at 4:39PM "struck more than 20 individuals, some of the individuals were children."

Thompson adds that "there were some fatalities."

Waukesha, WI, Police Chief Daniel Thompson on SUV that drove through Christmas parade:

"We're no longer looking for a suspect vehicle. We do have a person of interest in custody at the moment."

“It’s unknown at this time whether the incident has any nexus to terrorism.”

— Waukesha, WI, Police Chief Daniel Thompson on SUV at Christmas parade

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The Recount

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19 Nov

BREAKING: Jury rules Kyle Rittenhouse "not guilty" on all counts.

More coming.

Kyle Rittenhouse's reaction to the not guilty verdict:

Judge Schroeder compliments the Rittenhouse jury for justifying “the confidence that the founders of our country placed in you.”

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The Recount

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18 Nov

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) presses Biden’s pick for currency comptroller Saule Omarova about “you used to be a member of a group called The Young Communists.”

Omarova explains, because she was born in the Soviet Union, she was part of school youth programs mandated for students.

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Background from @NPR:

npr.org/2021/11/18/105…

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA): “I don’t know whether to call you professor or comrade.”

Someone off-camera: “Oh my goodness.”

Dr. Saule Omarova, Biden’s comptroller currency pick: “I’m not a communist. I do not subscribe to that ideology. I could not choose where I was born.”

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15 Nov

Kevin Gough, lawyer for 1 of 3 men accused of murdering 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery, calls for mistrial.

Gough, who argued against Rev. Al Sharpton's presence in the court, cites the civil rights community calling the trial “a test case for civil rights” as a reason for mistrial.

“We ask that you deny that mistrial.”

— Prosecutor Linda Dunikoski responds to defense call for mistrial in case over killing of Ahmaud Arbery.

Judge Timothy Walmsley denies defense motion for mistrial in Ahmaud Arbery case.

Walmsley references “reprehensible” comments made by defense lawyer Kevin Gough, including a comment about Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Colonel Sanders.