U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is “incredibly concerned” about the escalating use of different types of weaponry to Ukraine, his designated choice for national security adviser said Sunday. Michael Waltz, now a Florida congressman, told “Fox News Sunday” that the decision by the outgoing administration of President Joe Biden to allow Ukraine to use anti-personnel land […] The post DJT “Incredibly Concerned” About Escalation of Different Weapons appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Nearly three weeks after the polls closed on Election Day, voters are still waiting for the final results in three U.S. House races: two in California and one in Iowa. Republicans will hold a slim majority in the 119th Congress, but the exact size of that majority remains up in the air as the final results for three close races remain unknown. The Associated Press and Decision Desk HQ have yet to declare a winner in the races for California’s 13th and 45th Congressional districts. The AP also has not made a call in the race for Iowa’s 1st Congressional district, as ballots continue to be counted. According to the latest count in California’s 13th district, Republican Rep. John Duarte holds a 204-vote lead over Democrat Adam Gray. Fox News reported that less than 3% of the vote still needs to be counted. The contest is similar to the 2022 midterm election when Duarte won over Gray in what was the closest House race in the country, squeaking out a victory by just 564 votes. The 2022 race wasn’t called until early December. In California’s 45th Congressional district, Democrat Derek Tran leads Republican Rep. Michelle Steel by 545 votes, according to The Mercury News. Ninety-nine percent of the vote in the 45th district race has been counted. In Iowa, Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks is hoping to hold onto her slight lead over Democrat Christina Bohannan as a recount of the race began over the weekend. Miller-Meeks leads by 800 votes and slammed her opponent’s recount request as a waste of “taxpayer money.” Decision Desk HQ has called the race for Miller-Meeks, but the Associated Press has not declared a winner. CHECK OUT THE DAILY WIRE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE According to the AP’s results, Republicans hold 219 seats to Democrats’ 213. If the current results hold in each of the uncalled House races, the final tally would be 221 seats for the GOP and 214 for the Democrats. Republicans will also be faced with special elections to replace Reps. Elise Stefanik (NY) and Mike Waltz (FL), who were tapped to serve in the new Trump administration, and former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, who resigned.

Special counsel Jack Smith has moved to drop his cases against President-elect Donald Trump over the 2020 election and classified documents. Smith filed to drop his case over the 2020 election first on Monday, moving to dismiss four felony charges against the president-elect. Smith filed a motion to dismiss, arguing that his prosecution of the case against Trump is barred under the Constitution and the Department of Justice’s longstanding policy against charging and prosecuting a sitting president. “The Department’s position is that the Constitution requires that this case be dismissed before the defendant is inaugurated,” Smith wrote in the filing, according to CNN. “This outcome is not based on the merits or strength of the case against the defendant.” “That prohibition is categorical and does not turn on the gravity of the crimes charged, the strength of the Government’s proof, or the merits of the prosecution, which the Government stands fully behind,” the filing states, according to The Washington Post. “Based on the Department’s interpretation of the Constitution, the Government moves for dismissal without prejudice of the superseding indictment.” Smith also moved to dismiss his appeal to revive a case against Trump over classified documents that the president-elect allegedly kept illegally at Mar-a-Lago after the 2020 election, according to CBS News. CHECK OUT THE DAILY WIRE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE Trump spokesman Steven Cheung celebrated the motion to dismiss in a statement. He called Smith’s filing a “major victory for the rule of law” and said the “weaponization” of the justice system must end. “The American People re-elected President Trump with an overwhelming mandate to Make America Great Again. Today’s decision by the DOJ ends the unconstitutional federal cases against President Trump, and is a major victory for the rule of law,” Cheung said. “The American People and President Trump want an immediate end to the political weaponization of our justice system and we look forward to uniting our country.” Smith had charged Trump with four felonies related to the 2020 election, specifically on Trump’s actions after the election and before Congress certified the results on January 7, 2021. In August last year, Trump was indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights. Trump has claimed innocence in each case and repeatedly characterized Smith’s prosecutions as political and led by a corrupt and weaponized Department of Justice.

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