News Now: Trump lawyers saw Justice Thomas as 'only chance' to stop 2020 election certification

Jen Hayden

Daily Kos Staff

Wednesday November 02, 2022 · 10:58 AM PDT

2022/11/02 · 10:58

UPDATE: Wednesday, Nov 2, 2022 · 6:01:30 PM +00:00 · Jen Hayden

Politico: Trump lawyers saw Justice Thomas as 'only chance' to stop 2020 election certification

“We want to frame things so that Thomas could be the one to issue some sort of stay or other circuit justice opinion saying Georgia is in legitimate doubt,” Trump attorney Kenneth Chesebro wrote in a Dec. 31, 2020, email to Trump’s legal team. Chesebro contended that Thomas would be “our only chance to get a favorable judicial opinion by Jan. 6, which might hold up the Georgia count in Congress.”

“I think I agree with this,” Eastman replied, according to copies of the eight emails obtained by POLITICO. The emails were part of a batch that Eastman had sought to withhold from the Jan. 6 select committee but that a judge ordered turned over anyway, describing them as evidence of likely crimes committed by Eastman and Trump.

Read more at Politico…

UPDATE: Wednesday, Nov 2, 2022 · 6:01:08 PM +00:00 · Jen Hayden

The Washington Commandeers will soon be entertaining bids for new owners:

The Commanders have released a statement:

"Dan & Tanya Snyder and the Washington Commanders have hired BofA Securities to consider potential transactions."

"The Snyders remain committed to the team, its employees and its countless fans to putting the best product on the field." pic.twitter.com/dxfJllmr88
— Front Office Sports (@FOS) November 2, 2022

UPDATE: Wednesday, Nov 2, 2022 · 6:00:28 PM +00:00 · Jen Hayden

NYT: CVS and Walgreens Near $10 Billion Deal to Settle Opioids Cases

CVS and Walgreens, two of the nation’s largest retail pharmacy chains, said on Wednesday that they had reached tentative agreements to pay about $5 billion each to settle thousands of lawsuits over their role in the opioids crisis.

The companies made the announcements in government filings, but finalization is conditional on an overwhelming majority of plaintiffs, including state, municipal and tribal governments, signing on, they said.

If the deals are finalized, they would represent payouts from the arm of the pharmaceutical industry that has been most resistant to striking a deal with plaintiffs in the litigation. Many large manufacturers of prescription opioids and the three major drug distribution companies have already settled.

News Now: Trump lawyers saw Justice Thomas as 'only chance' to stop 2020 election certification

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