Assange supporters march in London ahead of extradition appeal
Supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange march to London's High Court ahead of his appeal in his extradition case. The United States government will on October 27th begin an appeal to extradite Assange to face trial for publishing military secrets, after a British judge blocked a request earlier this year.
news.yahoo.comPa. Rep. Kelly faces ethics scrutiny over stock purchase
A congressional ethics watchdog has concluded there is “substantial reason to believe” that the wife of Pennsylvania Rep. Mike Kelly used nonpublic information gained through her husband's position in Congress to purchase stock last year, a likely violation of federal law and House rules. The company had threatened to shut down a plant in Kelly's district unless the Trump administration took action that would help make it more competitive, steps the administration took after Kelly, a Republican, and others intervened. The ethics office has recommended that subpoenas be issued for Kelly, his wife, Victoria, a senior staffer and former Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross because they declined to be interviewed or participate in the investigation.
news.yahoo.comChicago Park District CEO Mike Kelly resigns on the same day Mayor Lori Lightfoot publicly calls for his ouster
Chicago Park District CEO Mike Kelly resigned Saturday, more than a year after he reportedly first learned about the wide-ranging sexual abuse allegations among lifeguards that would come to dominate the city agency. In a text to the Tribune, Kelly forwarded a resignation letter he sent to Park District Board president Avis LaVelle on Saturday that said his departure was “effective immediately.” ...
news.yahoo.comHow just a few days cost some small businesses thousands on their PPP forgivable loans
Foster applied for a second PPP loan as soon as she could this year and got about $5,250 the first week of March. Sarah Foster applied for a second draw PPP loan as soon as she could. Some are hoping that the slower process means they still have some wiggle room to go back and apply for larger loans under the new formula. Mike Kelly may be able to re-apply for a larger PPP loan and take advantage of the recently updated calculation formula for sole proprietors. Peggy Russo could've gotten nearly four times more forgivable funding if her latest PPP loan was calculated under new rules.
cnbc.comPennsylvania Election Lawsuit Left for Dead after Supreme Court Ruling Is Alive, Lawyers Say
Efforts to overturn November’s election results in Pennsylvania are not dead, say the attorneys who continued working after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a one-sentence ruling that was widely seen as the case’s last breath. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)Kelly’s case rests on limits that the Pennsylvania Constitution places on the methods of voting in public elections. “The state basically duped millions of people into voting illegally,” said Greg Teufel, the Pennsylvania attorney who filed the Supreme Court petition. “Pennsylvania’s Secretary of State issued guidance purporting to suspend the signature verification requirements, in direct violation of state law. (Edited by Richard Miniter and Charles Christian)The post Pennsylvania Election Lawsuit Left for Dead after Supreme Court Ruling Is Alive, Lawyers Say appeared first on Zenger News.
thewestsidegazette.comTrump looks past Supreme Court loss to new election lawsuit
That's enough, if set aside, to swing the election to Trump. “We will be INTERVENING in the Texas (plus many other states) case,” Trump said hours before the high court filing. Shortly before tweeting about joining Paxton's case, Trump distanced himself from the Pennsylvania challenge, saying it wasn't his. “The case everyone has been waiting for is the State's case with Texas and numerous others joining," he said. Biden beat Trump by more than 80,000 votes in Pennsylvania, a state Trump had won in 2016.
High court rejects GOP bid to halt Biden's Pennsylvania win
In this Nov. 5, 2020, file photo, the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court has rejected Republicans' last-gasp bid to reverse Pennsylvanias certification of President-elect Joe Bidens victory in the electoral battleground. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Republicans' last-gasp bid to reverse Pennsylvania's certification of President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the electoral battleground. In any case, Biden won 306 electoral votes, so even if Pennsylvania’s results had been in doubt, he still would have more than the 270 electoral votes needed to become president. Republicans had pleaded with the justices to intervene immediately after the state Supreme Court turned away their case last week.
Supreme Court rejects Republicans push to overturn Biden win in Pennsylvania
U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a medal ceremony in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, December 3, 2020. Jonathan Ernst | ReutersThe Supreme Court on Tuesday turned back an effort by Republicans to reverse President-elect Joe Biden's victory in Pennsylvania. The top court rejected a petition from Trump ally U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly, a Pennsylvania Republican, who argued that virtually all of the state's mail-in ballots were unlawful. Trump had suggested throughout the campaign and after his defeat that the Supreme Court would ultimately decide the outcome of the race, though the court has not shown a willingness to intervene. Kelly's suit claimed that a state law violated the Pennsylvania Constitution by providing for no-excuse mail-in voting.
cnbc.comRep. Mike Kelly asks Supreme Court to nullify Biden win over Trump in Pa. as he challenges mail-in ballot rule
U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) speaks during a hearing before the House Ways and Means Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Tom Wolf certified that the Democratic former vice president Biden won the state and its 20 Electoral College votes. Given that, Kelly asked that the Supreme Court "to "nullify" Wolf's certification and all other actions that would legally confirm Biden's victory. His filing Tuesday also asked Supreme Court to hear an appeal of his challenge to a change in mail-in ballot rules in the state. Trump has refused to concede to Biden, claiming falsely that he won the election, and that there was widespread ballot fraud.
cnbc.comRep. Mike Kelly asks Supreme Court to nullify Biden win over Trump in Pennsylvania as he challenges mail-in ballot rule
U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) speaks during a hearing before the House Ways and Means Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. A Republican congressman from Pennsylvania on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to issue an emergency order that would block his state from taking further action to certify its election results showing a win for President-elect Joe Biden over President Donald Trump. Tom Wolf certified that the Democratic former vice president won the state and its 20 Electoral College votes. Given that, Kelly asked the Supreme Court to "nullify" Wolf's certification and all other actions that would legally confirm Biden's victory. His filing Tuesday also asked the Supreme Court to hear an appeal of his challenge to a change in mail-in ballot rules in the state.
cnbc.comPennsylvania high court rejects lawsuit challenging election
Biden beat Trump by more than 80,000 votes in Pennsylvania, a state Trump had won in 2016. The week-old lawsuit, led by Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly of northwestern Pennsylvania, had challenged the state's mail-in voting law as unconstitutional. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, had certified Biden as the winner of the presidential election in Pennsylvania. Wolf quickly appealed McCullough's decision to the state Supreme Court, saying there was no “conceivable justification” for it. On Friday, a federal appeals court in Philadelphia roundly rejected the Trump campaign’s latest effort to challenge the state’s election results.
GOP faces reckoning over Trump's virus strategy, diagnosis
On Saturday, another Republican senator, Ron Johnson on Wisconsin, announced he has tested positive for the virus, the third GOP senator this past week. With Trump in Walter Reed military hospital for treatment and quarantine, the virus seemed to spill into every corner of the party. The pandemic even spread to a subject the GOP hoped to be its safe harbor in the campaign's closing weeks — the looming confirmation of Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in a GOP case seeking to overturn the health care law shortly after the election. In fact, Goeas argued that Trump’s belligerent performance during Tuesday’s debate did more to hurt his chances of recouping wayward Republicans and hesitant independents, a development that could hurt GOP Senate candidates in tight contests.
Data: Congress created virus aid, then reaped the benefits
At least 10 lawmakers and three congressional caucuses have ties to organizations that received federal coronavirus aid, according to government data released this week. Four car dealerships owned by Kelly received $600,000 to $1.4 million. Mike Kelly Automotive Group, Mike Kelly Automotive LP and Mike Kelly Hyundai and Kelly Chevrolet-Cadillac, all near Pittsburgh, received the money. Buchanan, whose net worth is estimated at $74 million, received three loans for car dealerships totaling $2.7 million to $7 million. Two wineries tied to Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., and an Iowa farm run by his family received loans worth at least $2 million.
Data: Congress created virus aid, then reaped the benefits
At least 10 lawmakers and three congressional caucuses have ties to organizations that received federal coronavirus aid, according to government data released this week. We think it certainly should be illegal" for members of Congress to benefit from a program they created, he said. Car dealerships owned by Kelly received from $450,000 to just over $1 million. At least five car dealerships owned by the husband of Rep. Carol Miller, R-W.Va., also received loans, each ranging from $350,000 to $1 million, the data show. Herns Tulsa-based KTAK Corp., a management company for several McDonalds restaurants, received $1 million to $2 million.
Six members of U.S. Congress diagnosed with coronavirus
Velazquez was among the House members who returned to the Capitol on Friday, and she attended a ceremony where House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signed the coronavirus response legislation. Representative Mike KellyKelly, a Republican from Pennsylvania, said on Friday he had tested positive for the coronavirus at a drive-through testing site. Cunningham had been in self-quarantine since March 19 after learning he had been in contact with another member of Congress who had tested positive. Slideshow (3 Images)At least six of the 100 senators have self-quarantined because of exposure to Paul or others who tested positive for the coronavirus. More than two dozen House members have self-quarantined, some after exposure to Diaz-Balart or McAdams, and others after contacts with constituents or staffers who tested positive.
feeds.reuters.comFactbox: Six members of U.S. Congress diagnosed with coronavirus
Velazquez was among the House members who returned to the Capitol on Friday. Representative Mike KellyKelly, a Republican from Pennsylvania, said on Friday he had tested positive for the coronavirus at a drive-through testing site. Cunningham had been in self-quarantine since March 19 after learning he had been in contact with another member of Congress who had tested positive. At least six of the 100 senators have self-quarantined because of exposure to Paul or others who tested positive for coronavirus. Slideshow (3 Images)More than two dozen House members have self-quarantined, some after exposure to Diaz-Balart or McAdams, and others after contacts with constituents or staffers who tested positive.
feeds.reuters.comFactbox: Five members of U.S. Congress test positive for the coronavirus
Representative Mike KellyKelly, a Republican from Pennsylvania, said on Friday he has tested positive for the coronavirus at a drive-through testing site. Representative Joe CunninghamCunningham, a Democrat from South Carolina, said on Friday he had tested positive for the coronavirus, although his symptoms have already begun to improve. He said he had been in self-quarantine since March 19 after learning he had been in contact with another member of Congress who had tested positive. Senator Rand PaulThe Kentucky Republican said on March 22 that he had tested positive and was in quarantine. More than two dozen House members have self-quarantined, some after exposure to Diaz-Balart or McAdams, and others after contacts with their constituents or staffers who later tested positive.
feeds.reuters.comU.S. Representative Mike Kelly tests positive for coronavirus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Mike Kelly, Republican of Pennsylvania, said on Friday he has tested positive for the coronavirus, the fifth member of Congress to do so. In a statement, Kelly said he had started experiencing mild flu-like symptoms earlier this week, and his doctor ordered a test that he obtained at a drive-through testing site. My test came back positive this afternoon, he said. My symptoms remain mild, and I will serve the 16th district from home until I fully recover.
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