He also reaffirmed his support for the Good Friday Agreement and the peace process in Northern Ireland.”The Trump White House curtailed the longstanding, bipartisan practice of automatically sending out summaries like that of presidential communications with other world leaders. Aides restricted who could see summaries of calls when embarrassing details leaked out about Trump’s conversations with his Australian and Mexican counterparts. …ADAD“Bucking convention, Trump’s son-in-law, White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, established an independent locus of power inside the West Wing. But attorneys representing local election officials convinced the judge to reject the request to show the flimsiness of the Trump campaign's complaint. “It is patently unreasonable to suggest that, despite there being zero credible evidence of any impropriety or widespread irregularities, election officials nonetheless have a responsibility to prove a negative," she said.

Source: Washington Post November 12, 2020 16:07 UTC