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Donald Trump appears to be turning against his deputy, Mike Pence, reportedly accusing him of “backing away” from his election fight as the vice president prepares to oversee a vote confirming Joe Biden as president-elect when Congress convenes in two weeks time.
The president met with a cabal of congressional Republicans at the White House on Monday to plot a “last stand” against his defeat at the polls, the protest following the failure of more than 50 legal disputes against the result and a total lack of evidence proving that fraud was at play. Mr Trump was branded “essentially sociopathic” on MSNBC last night by ex-GOP speechwriter Peter Wehner over his refusal to concede the loss.
In the latest setback to his doomed appeal, his right-wing media allies, notably Fox News and Newsmax, have been forced to drop their conspiracy theorising on his behalf after receiving a legal threat from Dominion and Smartmatic, manufacturers of voting machines, both of whom deny their devices were manipulated to alter the outcome.
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