2018 Day 686: Congress passed a two-week spending bill to extend the government's funding through Dec. 21; a bipartisan group of senators are trying to punish Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi; Trump blamed Robert Mueller's Russia investigation for his low approval rating; and Trump and the NRA used the same consultants to execute complimentary TV advertising strategies during the 2016 presidential election. Dec 6, 2018
2019 Day 1051: Trump repeatedly used unsecured cellphones to communicate with Rudy Giuliani and others involved in his campaign to pressure Ukraine; more than 500 legal scholars signed an open letter asserting that Trump committed "impeachable conduct"; more than 100 members of Congress have made 256 visits to Trump properties since he was elected; and the White House rejected an invitation to participate in Monday's impeachment hearings before the House Judiciary Committee. Dec 6, 2019
2021 Day 321: The Biden administration announced a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing; the Justice Department sued Texas over its plan to redraw congressional and state legislative voting districts; the metadata in a draft letter written by a Trump Justice Department official “indicates some involvement with the White House" in Trump's failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election; Sidney Powell raised more than $14 million off of her baseless claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election; and Devin Nunes resigned from Congress to become CEO of Trump’s media company. Dec 6, 2021
2022 Day 686: The Trump organization was found guilty on all 17 counts of criminal tax fraud, conspiracy, falsifying business records, and other financial crimes; the Jan. 6 committee will make criminal referrals to the Justice Department; the Justice Department sent grand jury subpoenas to officials in Arizona, Michigan, and Wisconsin for all communications with Trump, his campaign, and his aides and allies; Trump’s political action committee is paying the legal bills for key witnesses in the Justice Department's investigation into classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago after Trump left office; and Trump failed to disclose a $19.8 million loan from a foreign creditor while running for president in 2016. Dec 6, 2022
2023 Day 1051: Trump refused to rule out abusing power if re-elected president; the Colorado Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case challenging Trump’s eligibility to appear on the state’s ballot in 2024; the 10 Wisconsin Republicans who posed as fake electors for Trump admitted that Biden won the state in 2020; a Nevada grand jury charged six Republicans who acted as fake pro-Trump electors in the scheme to overturn Biden’s 2020 election win; and humanity is in danger of crossing the point of no return for five of Earth’s natural systems because of human-caused climate change. Dec 6, 2023