Hunter Biden says he doesn’t remember having sex with Lunden Roberts
EXCLUSIVE: Hunter Biden tells how he found his grieving sister-in-law ‘alluring’ and claims he doesn’t recall having sex with a stripper – who ended up having his child – months before meeting his current wife who ‘saved his life,’ in new memoir being released April 6, 2021.
Hunter Biden Addresses Laptop Saga for the First Time
by Chuck Ross
Hunter Biden said in an interview that a laptop of his purported emails released before the election “could be” his, but that it may have been stolen or released with the help of Russian intelligence.
“There could be a laptop out there that was stolen from me. It could be that I was hacked. It could be that it was Russian intelligence,” he said in an interview with CBS, which will air in full Sunday.
Biden at first said that he was unsure whether the laptop is his.
“For real, I don’t know.”
Pressed on the question, Biden conceded that the laptop “certainly could be” his.
The short clip of the CBS interview does not show whether Biden was asked about claims from a Delaware computer shop owner that he dropped off the laptop at his store in April 2019 and never came back to get it.
There have been no reports that Biden filed a police report regarding any possible thefts or hacks of his email account.
Biden, who has not previously discussed the laptop in public, has been under federal investigation since 2018 over his taxes and foreign business dealings.
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John Paul Mac Isaac, the owner of a repair shop in Delaware, told The New York Post on Oct. 14 a man he believed to be Biden dropped off the laptop for repairs
Isaac says he provided the device to the FBI in late 2019. He then shared it with Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani in September 2020.
Giuliani helped place a story about the emails with The New York Post.
Many Democrats have suggested that Russian intelligence was behind the release of emails from the laptop. Isaac has vehemently denied having any connection to Russians.
Emails from the laptop, which the Daily Caller News Foundation obtained, provide insight into Biden’s business and personal dealings. He emailed frequently with business partners about Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian energy company that was at the center of President Donald Trump’s first impeachment trial.
Another email shows that Biden referred to his father and an employee of a Chinese energy firm, CEFC China Energy, as “office mates” at an office he rented in 2017.
Senate Republicans this week asked the Biden administration to turn over intelligence documents on Biden’s relationship with CEFC China Energy, which had suspected ties to China’s military.
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Chuck Ross is a reporter at Daily Caller News Foundation.
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Text messages that allegedly sparked fed probe into Matt Gaetz emerge
Text messages that allegedly sparked a federal sex crimes probe into Florida rep Matt Gaetz emerged Friday in a new report. They are purported to show that Gaetz was with Joel Greenberg, a Seminole County tax official who’s under investigation for child sex trafficking, at the office he allegedly used to make fake IDs, the…
Matt Gaetz’ Communications Director Resigns Amid Sexual Allegations Scandal
Republican Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz’s communications director Luke Ball resigned Friday, days after his boss was accused of having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl and more.
One Hill source familiar with the decision told the Daily Caller that Ball struggled with the choice to depart and did not want to bring further criticism on the congressman, but thought it best to part ways.
Trump blasts big tech ‘censorship’ after interview pulled by Facebook
Former President Donald Trump on Thursday night decried big tech “censorship” after an interview he gave to his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, was taken off Facebook. “I did a very nice interview with Lara,” the former commander-in-chief said in a separate interview on cable news channel Real America’s Voice. “Facebook took it off and it’s disgraceful,”…
Joe Biden Supports MLB Moving All-Star Game Out of Georgia, Repeats Lies About Voting Bill

Sports hasn’t gone political enough, so here’s President Puddinghead joining in. Joe Biden would appear to be echoing his former wingman’s efforts to exploit sports for his political agenda. To set the stage, Georgia passed a voter integrity bill. Leftists think voter integrity is raaaaaacist. There have been calls for Major League Baseball to pull the All-Star Game from Atlanta to punish the state. Even though most sports fans don’t care for woke bullplop like this, Biden is all about the decision.
And then came the lies about the bill.
President Joe Biden speaks about fans returning to stadiums, vaccination progress | SportsCenter
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The Georgia bill is Jim Crow on steroids. Did I mention that the Georgia bill is Jim Crow on steroids? They told me to say that it’s Jim Crow on steroids. If I say it five times, they’ll give me an extra pudding later. Jim Crow on steroids. Jim Crow on steroids.
Biden has already been tagged for lying about the bill. Actually, I can’t say for sure that he lied. He may just have been repeating what he was told to say. Let me put it like this: Joe Biden believes invalid truth about the bill. But just once, I’d like someone to ask him a simple question. How? How is the voting bill “Jim Crow on steroids”? Even if the president gave a meandering non-answer, at least he would have been challenged once.
Here’s a link to the bill. The bill INCREASES the early voting window. That gives people MORE opportunity to vote. If Georgia is suppressing the vote by increasing early voting, they really suck at suppressing the vote.
Two big matters of contention are a) needing to show ID for absentee voting, and b) tightening the electioneering rules within a close radius of polling places. That’s the “bans giving out water” part of the bill. Political activists can’t go inside that radius to “hand out” water. That may or may not be promoting one of the candidates or the activist’s partisan political agenda.
Anyone who says that is “Jim Crow on steroids” is either lying about the bill or has been lied to about the bill. Either way, you’re an asshole. We used to be able to expect more of the president. Instead, Joe Biden has decided the only way to push his agenda is through the politics of fear and division. And here I thought he was the guy to “unite” the country!
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Arizona Republican senators hire auditors to reviews 2020 election
Arizona state Senate Republicans have hired a team of independent auditors to recount the 2020 election, including a hand recount of all ballots in Maricopa County.
The lawmakers announced their decision Wednesday.
The team will be led by Cyber Ninjas, a cybersecurity company focusing on security in financial and government sectors. The firm will oversee the team of technology or cybersecurity companies, including Wake Technology Services and Digital Discovery.
Georgia House Strips Delta Air Lines of Tax Break After CEO’s Criticism of Voting Integrity Law
The Georgia state House voted Wednesday to strip Delta Air Lines of a significant tax break after the firm’s CEO condemned a recently passed voting integrity law. Led by Republicans, the Georgia House voted to strip the firm of the break that’s worth tens of millions of dollars per year. The Senate did not take up the measure before it adjourned. “It was very disappointing,” said House Speaker Rep. David Ralston, a Republican, said of Delta CEO Ed Bastian’s comment on the voting laws earlier this week. “You don’t feed a dog that bites your hand. You’ve got to keep that in mind sometimes,” Ralston added of the passage of the bill, according to local media reports. The final vote in the state House was 97-73. “The entire rationale for this bill was based on a lie,” Bastian said in a statement of the Georgia voting bill, adding: “Unfortunately, that excuse …
Pelosi Might Steal an Iowa House Seat
With her narrow majority, the Speaker could pull a trick from the Gilded Age by challenging the minority’s narrow or suspect victories and replacing them with their own or declaring the seat vacant, provoking a time-consuming special election. Between the 44th Congress (1875-77) and the 58th (1903-05), the parties flipped a total of 59 seats through such challenges.
Lawyer Linked to Steele Dossier is Working for House Dems to Overturn Results of Iowa Election
by Chuck Ross
House Democrats have hired Marc Elias (pictured above, right), the elections lawyer linked to the infamous Steele dossier, to help in their bid to overturn the results of an Iowa House race won by a Republican incumbent.
According to Politico, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is paying Elias to represent the campaign of Rita Hart, a Democrat who lost by six votes to Rep. Mariannette Miller-Marks.
Hart has appealed to Congress to adjudicate the outcome of the election after state officials declared Miller-Marks the winner. Hart claims that Iowa officials failed to count 22 ballots that would have swayed the election in her favor.
House Democrats will have significant control over the appeals process, raising concerns among Republicans that the process will be rigged against them. The House Administration Committee, which is chaired by Rep. Zoe Lofgren, a close ally of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, will hear part of the Hart appeal. The entire House will have to vote to overturn the results of the contest.
“Federal law provides that this contest is the proper avenue to ensure that all legal ballots are counted and we have presented credible evidence to support their inclusion in the final tally,” Elias said in a statement issued through the DCCC, according to Politico.
Elias has suffered one major loss during the 2020 election cycle. He represented the campaign for Ted Brindisi, an incumbent Democrat who challenged his loss to Claudia Tenney in a New York House race.
Elias alleged that “irregularities” in voting machines switched votes from Brindisi to Tenney. The case drew some national attention because the argument mirrored Republicans’ baseless claims that voting machine irregularities were responsible for Donald Trump losing to President Joe Biden in some states.
A judge ruled in favor of Tenney on Feb. 5 after finding insufficient evidence of any widespread problems with voting machines.
Elias, a partner at the firm Perkins Coie, is perhaps best known outside Democratic circles for his links to the Steele dossier.
Elias was the attorney who hired Fusion GPS on behalf of the DNC and Clinton campaign to investigate Donald Trump’s possible ties to Russia. As part of the project, Fusion GPS hired former British spy Christopher Steele to conduct the investigation.
Perkins Coie paid Fusion GPS just over $1 million for the project.
Elias “vigorously” denied any involvement in the dossier before it was reported that the Clinton campaign and DNC had funded the project. A New York Times reporter said in October 2017, after details of the dossier were first revealed, that Elias had falsely told him he had no link to the dossier.
The dossier’s most significant claims remain either uncorroborated or have been discredited outright. Steele claimed in the dossier that the Trump campaign was involved in a “well-developed conspiracy of cooperation” with the Kremlin to influence the 2016 election.
Federal investigators ultimately found no evidence of a conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia.
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Chuck Ross is a reporter at Daily Caller News Foundation.
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How to Stay Positive When the News Cycle is Negative
Stop. For conservatives and real American Patriots, anarchy is never the moral answer. President Trump has not and will not advocate for any unconstitutional actions.
— Jenna Ellis (@JennaEllisEsq) January 9, 2021
January 15, 2020
FBI arrests former U.S. Special Forces soldier, Antifa leader & Joe Biden voter, Daniel Allen Baker, in alleged plot to carry out violence at Florida Capitol Against Trump Supporters & Police.
"BAKER has traveled across the United States to participate in protests that have resulted in violence to include joining the CHOP/CHAZ movement in Seattle, Washington during the summer of 2020." ~ Daniel Baker Criminal Complaint, Page 4
US Attorney Keefe's Video Statement Below
Black Lives Matter & Insurgence USA Leader, John Sullivan, Arrested On Federal Charges In DC Riots. Released Conditionally January 15, 2020 Without Bail By Magistrate Judge Daphne A. Oberg Of The United States District Court For The District Of Utah. (Click Here.)
More on BLM Rioter John Sullivan
— Amy Mek (@AmyMek) January 8, 2021
Now this Criminal who was ARRESTED in Utah for starting Riots is being Praised by the News as a 'Civil Rights Activist'
Sullivan threatened to “Rip Trump from White House” of COURSE he is a Hero to the Media!
READ: https://t.co/6mo69GNx9j pic.twitter.com/AMBR9uiOXs
Impeachment Resolution Against Donald Trump Passes
"Even If Biden Wins, We Go For All Republican Voters, & Homeland Security Will Take Their Children Away. . . (If Biden Doesn't Win) Go To The White House & Throw Molotov Cocktails. . . Could You Imagine If You Lived In One Of These Other Towns Or States Where Everybody's Just Stupid? What's Great Is Covid Is Spiking In All The Red States, Right Now. So, That's Great. . . Because Either Those People Won't Come Out To Vote For Trump. . . Or A Lot Of Them Are Sick & Dying. "
~ Michael Beller, Principal Counsel, PBS As Recorded By Project Veritas
Michael Beller Has Been Fired
HYPOCRISY
Definition of hypocrisy
Gaslighting Is The Attempt To Make A Population Believe They Are Going Insane (As By Subjecting Them To A Series Of Experiences That Have No Rational Explanation). Just Days After BLOCKING & Banning President Donald Trump, Hundreds Of Thousands Of Americans & ANY DISCUSSION OF FRAUD IN THE 2020 ELECTION, Twitter Claims That, "Access to information and freedom of expression, including the public conversation on Twitter, is never more important than during democratic processes, particularly elections," After Uganda Blocks & Bans Social Media Ahead Of The Uganda Election.
Ahead of the Ugandan election, we're hearing reports that Internet service providers are being ordered to block social media and messaging apps.
— Twitter Public Policy (@Policy) January 12, 2021
We strongly condemn internet shutdowns – they are hugely harmful, violate basic human rights and the principles of the #OpenInternet.
Access to information and freedom of expression, including the public conversation on Twitter, is never more important than during democratic processes, particularly elections.#UgandaDecides2021 #KeepItOn https://t.co/Q2SJfsFUiD
— Twitter Public Policy (@Policy) January 12, 2021
"Our Election Was Hijacked. There Is No Question. Congress Has A Duty To #ProtectOurDemocracy & #FollowTheFacts." ~ On May 16, 2017, Nancy Pelosi Continued To Falsely Claim That Donald Trump's Election Was Fraudulent As Protests & Riots Swept The Nation After President Trump's Historic Victory
Our election was hijacked. There is no question. Congress has a duty to #ProtectOurDemocracy & #FollowTheFacts.
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) May 16, 2017
The Mainstream Media & Big Tech Have Been Stoking The Flames of Violence For Many Years When It Suited Their Ideological Ends. Particularly Egregious Was The Year 2020.
"And Please Show Me Where It Says That Protests Are Supposed To Be Polite and Peaceful?" ~ CNN, Chris Cuomo
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I was ambushed leaving the White House by a left-wing mob for proudly supporting @realDonaldTrump. I won’t watch my country be destroyed by @JoeBiden @KamalaHarris @SpeakerPelosi @SenSchumer and radical Democrats. @CNN @MSNBC @cbs @NBCNews @ABC @washingtonpost My response: pic.twitter.com/MhjzPSqEkE
— Vernon Jones (@RepVernonJones) August 31, 2020
"Joe Biden Should Not Concede Under Any Circumstances!" ~ Hillary Clinton On How Candidate Joe Biden Should Respond If He Had Lost Election 2020
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"Everyone Beware. . . Because They're Not Going To Stop. . . They're Not Going To Stop Before Election Day In November & They're Not Going To Stop After Election Day. . . They're Not Going To Let Up & They Should not." ~ Kamala Harris Discussing The Protests Throughout The United States That Had Already Killed At Least 17 Americans and Injured Over 900 Police Officers By July 26, 2020
Democrats Object to Counting Electoral College Votes in 2000 and 2004
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Washington Post's Trump Phone Call Release Leaves Raffensperger's Lie About Data Unchallenged and Matt Braynard Open For Doxing While Deleting Portions Of Audio Unfriendly To Democrats In 'Full Recording'.
Video: 3 Minutes 1 Second
Life Long Democrat & Georgia Representative Vernon Jones Saw It Coming Months Before It Happened
"We Left The White House . . . Only To Be Met By A Violent Mob Of Supporters of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. These Were Democrats, Black Lives Matter, Antifa Folks. . . Let Me Be Clear: My Life Was Threatened. And Others Lives Were Threatened. And When I Hear That Foolishness From The Liberal Media That It Was Mostly Peaceful, Where In The Hell Were They When My Life Was Threatened and Others Lives Were Threatened? Thank God For The Police Officers. If This Had Been The Other Way Around . . . It Would Have Been All Over The Networks." ~ Democrat Georgia Representative, Vernon Jones
I was ambushed leaving the White House by a left-wing mob for proudly supporting @realDonaldTrump. I won’t watch my country be destroyed by @JoeBiden @KamalaHarris @SpeakerPelosi @SenSchumer and radical Democrats. @CNN @MSNBC @cbs @NBCNews @ABC @washingtonpost My response: pic.twitter.com/MhjzPSqEkE
— Vernon Jones (@RepVernonJones) August 31, 2020
Joint Session of Congress Counts Electoral College Votes
Names Joe Biden President Elect At 3:42 am Eastern Time
January 7, 2021
“Republicans missed their chance to stop this market manipulation.”
— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) January 8, 2021
Former acting DNI @RichardGrenell said Republicans lost the opportunity to stop #BigTech from suppressing the voice of conservatives. https://t.co/hB2LEQzVCZ
Statement by President Donald J. Trump on the Electoral Certification:
— Dan Scavino🇺🇸🦅 (@DanScavino) January 7, 2021
“Even though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election, and the facts bear me out, nevertheless there will be an orderly transition on January 20th. I have always said we would continue our...
...fight to ensure that only legal votes were counted. While this represents the end of the greatest first term in presidential history, it’s only the beginning of our fight to Make America Great Again!”
— Dan Scavino🇺🇸🦅 (@DanScavino) January 7, 2021
America is admired around the world for our free elections. We must, we absolutely must, fix this mess and restore confidence and integrity to our elections.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) January 6, 2021
I am asking for everyone at the U.S. Capitol to remain peaceful. No violence! Remember, WE are the Party of Law & Order – respect the Law and our great men and women in Blue. Thank you!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2021
UNDERSTANDING THE ELECTORAL CHALLENGE
"It's my intention to fight to protect our republic. And the underlying foundation of any republic is the right to vote and to have that vote accurately counted with this emphasis point: we should only count lawful votes cast by eligible American citizens and nobody else and that is clearly not happening in the United States of America right now." ~ United States Senator Mo Brooks
Video: 31 Minutes 31 Seconds
Louis Gohmert Explains His Electoral College Lawsuit
Video: 30 Minutes
Georgia Senate Hearing On Election 2020
Recorded December 30, 2020
Evening News Rebroadcast
"In Many Ways This Election Was Stolen" ~ Senator Rand Paul
Senate Hearing Makes It Clear Mainstream Media Is Falsely Claiming Voter Fraud Is Baseless
December 16, 2020
Dominion Voting Systems CEO Testifies At Michigan Legislature Hearing.
He Testifies That Claims Against Dominion Are 'Baseless'. Concedes Dominion Cannot Be Used For Election Audits. Actual Hand Counts Using Paper Ballots Must Be Used.
December 15, 2020
Recorded 1 pm Eastern
A travesty of epic proportions. Transparency is now an afterthought at best, and an obstacle at worst. So sad for our state and country! https://t.co/VdKZ45g8ta
— Arizona Republican Party (@AZGOP) December 18, 2020
...Seeking judicial review is not subversion of the Constitution or a call to rebellion. It is using the constitutional process. If going to the courts is "seditious," going to church must be atheism...
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) December 11, 2020
"The Following is a breakdown of the votes tabulated for the 2020 election in Antrim County, showing different dates for tabulation of the same votes."
'While congratulating Biden, Maduro claimed that people power and US social movements have “woken up” since the homicide of George Floyd. “The Democratic Party didn’t win, Donald Trump lost it. Biden received the votes of hope from an immense majority of US citizens who want change.”' ~ Venezuelan Dictator, Nicolas Maduro, Using Democrat Party Talking Points
Georgia State Farm Arena Surveillance Video Showing That Counting Continued Out Of Sight From Public & Media Using Ballots From Previously Hidden Boxes Debunking Public Statements From Georgia Election Officials, The Georgia Governor & The Georgia Secretary Of State
First Shown Publicly Thursday, December 3, 2020
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After A Day Of CNN Declaring No Voter Fraud & Exactly Five Minutes After 'Breaking News' Of AG Barr's Statement He Had Not Yet Seen Widespread Voter Fraud, Doctor Linda Lee Tarver, Thirty Four Year Civil Servant, Former Civil Rights Commissioner & Seven Year Election Integrity Liaison Explains The Widespread Targeted Voter Fraud In Michigan & Throughout United States' Urban Centers. She Also Explains Why White Officials Have Not Stepped In To Solve The Problem. In The Video Below, See CNN's Take On Election Fraud & AG Barr's Statement Followed By Doctor Tarver's Discussion On The Ongoing Ways Elections Are Actually Being Stolen.
"How Do You Have A Pristine Flat Ballot Without Being Folded If It Was An Absentee Ballot?"
~ Dr. Tarver
Initially Given 3 Minutes To Address The Issue, The Panel of Republicans and Democrats Kept Her In Discussion For Over 30 Minutes
Video: 37 Minutes 14 Seconds
* The Cut In Video When Janice Winfrey Is Mentioned Standing Next To Ballots Appears In The YouTube RECORDING After It Was Streamed Live. *
Canada Has Never Used & Apparently Will Never Use Dominion Voting Systems.
Elections Canada does not use Dominion Voting Systems. We use paper ballots counted by hand in front of scrutineers and have never used voting machines or electronic tabulators to count votes in our 100-year history. #CdnPoli pic.twitter.com/dp7ZiB84ql
— Elections Canada (@ElectionsCan_E) November 16, 2020
Threats Continue To Be Leveled Against All The Women & Families Involved In The Election 2020 Dispute.
I keep getting a barrage of threats & false accusations from Dems and “reporter” activists.
— Jenna Ellis (@JennaEllisEsq) November 25, 2020
My only comment is this: Do your worst. I’m not intimidated. I won’t back down. My mission is Truth, my God is the Lord Jesus Christ, and my client is the President of the United States.
The New York Times, Ahead Of The 2020 Election, Demonstrated How To Rig An Election Using Voting Machines . . . In Michigan
Video: 4 Minutes 23 Seconds
Dominion Voting Systems Refuse To Be Placed Under Oath & Abruptly Cancel Their Pennsylvania Public Hearing Appearance For November 20, 2020
Video: 2 Minutes 49 Seconds
Sidney Powell laid out a much broader web of voter fraud that has been difficult to verify. "Where is that evidence? The more she goes out there, the more it overshadows the legitimate problems. … The problem with this stuff is that you got so over-the-top, and you overshadow the illegitimate improper things that were done." The Washington Examiner explains the evidentiary issues with her specific claims
However, New York's Democrat Representative Carolyn Maloney pointed out the exact same issues in 2006, Hugo Chavez and all. It appears, Sidney Powell's point was not that Hugo Chavez was still alive. Her point was that the voting machine is made in China and it was under Chavez' direction that the software was written to flip votes thereby overturning the legitimate winner of an election, as demonstrated by the New York Times voting machine test, above.
In "Democracy For Sale", CNN & New York's Current 12th Congressional District Democrat Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney Pointed Out As Far Back As 2006 The Problems With Smartmatic/Sequoia & Ongoing Direct Foreign Influence In Our Elections Via Voting Machines. And Yes, It Involved Hugo Chavez and Venezuela. Smartmatic/Sequoia Sold Sequoia To Dominion On June 4, 2010.
Video: 4 Minutes 6 Seconds
In the video below, Representative Zoe Lofgren (Democrat, California) and Representative Marcia Fudge (Democrat, Ohio) question Dominion on January 9, 2020.
“Lawrence Norden of the Brennan Center for Justice wrote in his testimony that, and I quote, ‘There are more Federal regulations for ball point pens and magic markers than there are for voting systems and other parts of election infrastructure.’”
Representative Zoe Lofgren, (D) California
Video: 9 Minutes 11 Seconds
Election 2020 Lawsuits & Pleadings Continue
Top lawyers throughout the country are still fighting in all six battleground states against what they view as a stolen election whose true winner, Donald Trump, was overturned the day after the election through fraud. Most of these lawsuits are independently filed and not part of the Trump legal team.
Former Kansas Attorney General, Phill Klein, Is Filing Lawsuits In All Battleground States Claiming Voter Fraud & Violation Of The Equal Protection Clause, In Large Part Through Mark Zuckerberg's Donation. Mark Zuckerberg Admitted Giving $400,000,000 To Election Officials During His Congressional Testimony After The 2020 Election.
Video: 2 Minutes 28 Seconds
Since Election Night The Presidential Winner Has Been In Dispute. Rudy Giuliani's Press Conference On November 19, 2020, Explains The Issues In Question.
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