Nevada
Jan. 6 committee testimony reveals link between fake electors in swing state Nevada and Trump
LAS VEGAS (AP) — New transcripts of closed-door testimony to the Jan. 6 Home committee present Donald Trump and his allies had a direct hand within the Nevada Republican Social gathering’s scheme to ship a phony electoral certificates to Congress in 2020 in a last-ditch try to hold the previous president in energy.
The paperwork made public Wednesday night included interviews with state get together chief Michael McDonald and Republican Nationwide Committeeman Jim DeGraffenreid in February. Each males served as faux electors in Carson Metropolis on Dec. 14, 2020.
That day, six Nevada GOP members signed certificates falsely stating that Trump received Nevada in 2020 and despatched them to Congress and the Nationwide Archives, the place they have been finally ignored. The Home committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol is digging into the function that these faux electors in key battleground states had in Trump’s try to cling to energy after his 2020 defeat.
McDonald and DeGraffenreid invoked Fifth Modification safety a whole bunch of occasions of their separate interviews with the Jan. 6 committee, refusing to reply questions on their involvement and the extent to which Trump’s prime allies had helped in orchestrating the plot.
Nonetheless, the transcripts present an unprecedented view into the Trump workforce’s coordinated efforts in Nevada to overturn the outcomes of the election — efforts that included direct communication between McDonald and the president himself.
Learn: Nevada elections division subpoenaed in Trump 2020 election investigation
On Nov. 4, 2020, for instance, the day after the election, McDonald had a convention name with Trump, his then-chief of workers Mark Meadows, legal professional Rudy Giuliani and son Eric Trump.
“They need full assault mode,” McDonald later wrote in a textual content message describing that decision. “We’re gonna have a battle room assembly in about an hour.”
Each McDonald and DeGraffenreid turned over their communications to the Jan. 6 committee associated to the faux elector scheme. The FBI additionally seized McDonald’s cellphone in June as a part of an investigation into the scheme.
These paperwork, detailed at size within the transcripts, included textual content messages, emails and inner memorandums distributed by the nationwide GOP arm; handwritten charts, templates for press releases and the phony certificates itself; and speaking factors “explaining the rationale for the electors.”
The planning was in depth, the transcripts present, and commenced as early as 4 days earlier than the election, when state get together officers started discussing whether or not Nevada’s Republican secretary of state, Barbara Cegavske, would log out on the alternate slate of electors.
DeGraffenreid, in a textual content dialog with get together officers, stated Cegavske “may do quite a lot of issues, however sending a slate of Republican electors with out them being clearly the winners of the favored vote isn’t one in all them.”
Cegavske finally licensed President Joe Biden’s victory in Nevada, defending the outcomes as dependable and correct regardless of assaults from Trump and others inside her personal get together, which led the Nevada Republican Social gathering to censure her. She later performed an investigation that discovered no credible proof of widespread voter fraud all through the state.
In the meantime, the day earlier than the slate of pretend electors met, the transcripts present McDonald grew more and more pissed off with the RNC’s course over tips on how to conduct the certificates signing. It appeared that he had gone forwards and backwards with the RNC about logistics of the ceremony: the placement, how they’d publicize it and what they’d say of their speeches.
“RNC primarily put us in a field on what we will say, however doesn’t sound too dangerous,” Shawn Meehan, one of many faux electors, stated in a textual content to DeGraffenreid.
Meehan additionally informed DeGraffenreid that McDonald wished a smaller group that may plan the ultimate particulars over breakfast, and that he’s “stressing on the optics.” It was seen to a number of of the faux electors — that very same day, one other faux elector had texted DeGraffenreid that McDonald was upset with “blended messages and course on publicity for tomorrow.”
“He’s very involved RNC will minimize wire if it appears to be like dangerous and steal credit score if we do properly,” Meehan messaged.
“I do know,” DeGraffenreid responded. “He’s involved that we appear like silly crybabies.”
Finally, the Nevada Republican Social gathering would press ahead, and after almost two months of planning, McDonald, DeGraffenreid and the opposite faux electors gathered outdoors the Capitol constructing in Carson Metropolis for a ceremony.
McDonald didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark Thursday night. A lawyer for DeGraffenreid stated he declined to remark.
“Historical past made as we speak in Carson Metropolis, Nevada,” the state get together would write on social media after the ceremony, “as @McDonaldNV leads our electors in casting Nevada’s 6 electoral votes for the winner of Nevada, @realDonaldTrump and @Mike_Pence!”
The nine-member committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot will dissolve when Republicans take over the Home subsequent month. The committee on Thursday launched its full 800-plus web page report of its 18-month investigation, which they hope will result in prison expenses towards Trump and his key allies.
See: Jan. 6 choose committee’s ultimate report contains advice that would bar Trump run in 2024
Nevada
Nevada US Election Results 2024 live updates: votes by county in NV, electoral map and who is winning in Las Vegas, Reno…
Nevada polls for the US Election 2024: Trump vs Harris
In 2020, Joe Biden won Nevada with 50.1% of the vote, while Donald Trump received 47.7%. Nevada has remained a crucial battleground state for Democrats in recent cycles, and Biden’s win continued this trend, largely due to strong support from unions and Latino voters in the Las Vegas area. With Nevada’s importance in the electoral map, recent polling shows Kamala Harris and Donald Trump in a near tie for 2024, with Harris polling at 46.5% and Trump close behind at 47.2%. This makes Nevada a pivotal state to watch as the race
HENDERSON, Nev. (FOX5) – Touro University Nevada celebrated the graduation of more than 100 students from its College of Health and Human Services during a winter commencement ceremony on Monday.
The graduating class included 88 students from the School of Physician Assistant Studies, 19 from the School of Nursing and 18 from the School of Education. Many of these graduates plan to stay in Nevada, helping to fill critical roles in the state’s healthcare system.
These graduates will help reduce wait times, increase accessibility to care and relieve the load on health care facilities across the Valley.
“Touro University Nevada puts out about 150 new practitioners every year,” said Campus President, Dr. Andrew Priest. “Right now, today, were going to put out another 50 who will actually stay in the Valley, and what I’m hoping to see is that over time, if you’re going to go to a new doctor, you’re just as likely to find a Touro grad as one from anywhere else. So, I want to see Touro graduates fill the Valley with healthcare practitioners.”
In the spring, Touro Nevada will hold another commencement ceremony to celebrate new physicians, as well as physical and occupational therapists.
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Nevada
Nevada 2024 Trump-Harris Polls: Independents Will Propel Harris To Victory, Renowned Forecaster Predicts
Topline
Vice President Kamala Harris will eke out a narrow win against former President Donald Trump in the crucial swing state, veteran journalist Jon Ralston, who is revered for the accuracy of his presidential race predictions in the state, forecasted Monday, citing independent voters in the state he thinks will push Harris over the edge.
Donald Trump arrives at a Turning Point Action campaign rally on October 24 in Las Vegas.
Key Facts
Harris will win 48.5% of the vote, Trump will win 48.2% and 3.3% of voters will select “none of these candidates” on their ballots, Ralston—CEO and editor of the nonprofit Nevada Independent who has a perfect record of predicting the outcome of presidential races in the state—wrote Monday, calling this year’s election “the hardest since I started doing this.”
Ralston’s prediction comes as Trump and Harris are virtually tied in other Nevada polls—FiveThirtyEight’s weighted polling average shows Trump with a 0.4-point edge.
Harris and Trump are tied at 48% in the final pre-election Emerson College/The Hill poll out Monday (margin of error 3.3 points), and Harris is up three points, 49%-46%, in a New York Times/Siena poll of likely Nevada voters released Sunday (margin of error 3.5 points).
Harris is also ahead 51%-47% in a survey of likely voters released last week by the Cooperative Election Study, a massive set of nationwide polls backed by universities (933 respondents).
Meanwhile, Trump is up 48%-47% in a CNN/SSRS survey released Tuesday (margin of error 4.6 points).
Harris also leads 48.8%-48.3%—essentially a tie—among likely voters in a Bloomberg/Morning Consult survey released Oct. 23 (margin of error 5 points), she trails Trump 47%-46% in an AARP survey of likely voters released Oct. 22 (margin of error 4), while a Wall Street Journal poll out Oct. 11 (margin of error 4) shows Trump with an unusually large five-point advantage.
Nevada—which is the smallest swing state, with just six electoral votes—has voted for Democratic presidential candidates in every election since 2008, and President Joe Biden beat Trump there by 2.4 points in 2020.
Surprising Fact
A plurality of voters, 30%, identify as independents in Nevada. Ralston predicts they will swing toward Harris, citing a new Democrat-backed law that automatically registers voters as nonpartisan at DMVs if they don’t choose a political party.
Tangent
The GOP has a lead in mail ballots that have been returned so far, raising their hopes of retaking the state. “Republicans are looking better in the early count than they ever have,” Jon Ralston, CEO and editor of the Nevada Independent who is highly respected for his early voting predictions, told Vox on Tuesday, a week before the election. Ralston said there are some indicators younger voters will cast their ballots later and that independents will favor Harris, however, which could swing the vote toward Democrats.
What To Watch For
The state does not release results until after the last voter in line when polls close at 10 p.m. EST casts their ballot. Mail-in ballots can be counted 15 days before Election Day, which could lead to quicker results than in 2020, but a state law that allows mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day to be counted if they are received by Nov. 9 could elongate the process. The majority of Nevada voters cast their ballots by mail.
Big Number
56%. That’s the share of Latino voters who identified with the Democratic Party in 2016, compared to 49% who do in 2024, according to a September NBC News/Telemundo/CNBC poll.
Key Background
Support for Harris among Latino voters will be crucial to her success in both Arizona and Nevada, where Hispanic and Latino people make up about 30% of the population and polls show she has lost support among the key demographic. Biden carried Latino voters in Nevada over Trump 61% to 35% in 2020, according to CNN exit polls, while Harris leads Trump 56% to 40% in Nevada, according to an October USA Today/Suffolk University poll of Latino voters. Harris is particularly struggling with Latino men, according to the survey that found 53% of male Latino voters ages 18-34 in Nevada support Trump and 40% support Harris, while 53% of Latino men ages 35-49 in the state support Trump and 39% support Harris. Immigration and inflation top the list of Latino voter concerns in Nevada, according to a USA Today/Suffolk poll, which found 37% said inflation was their top concern and 17% said immigration.
Tangent
The Harris campaign made a last-minute appeal to Hispanic men in Arizona, Pennsylvania and Nevada this month with a “Hombres con Harris” tour featuring members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, including Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., who is running against Trump ally Kari Lake for the Senate in Arizona. The tour will include stops at Latino-owned small businesses, sports bars, restaurants, union halls and other community venues frequented by Latino men, her campaign said.
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Trump Vs. Harris 2024 Polls: Harris And Trump Virtually Tied In Latest Surveys As Race Tightens (Forbes)
Pennsylvania 2024 Trump-Harris Polls: Harris Leads Crucial Swing State In Latest Poll (Forbes)
Michigan 2024 Trump-Harris Polls: Harris Leads In Latest Survey (Forbes)
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