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President Donald Trump has told advisers that he will refuse to leave the White House on Inauguration Day and has been throwing a massive ‘temper tantrum’ following his election loss, according to a new report.
It’s been six weeks since Trump lost the election and this week the Electoral College confirmed Joe Biden was the victor in the contentious presidential race.
Trump has pursued a slew of lawsuits to overturn the election result and has gone on Twitter rants claiming voter fraud in a bid to stay in office.
Trump reportedly privately accepted he lost the election last month but has since reversed, egged on by advisers like Rudy Giuliani and Jenna Ellis.
At one point he told several advisers that he will refuse to leave the White House on January 20 but has since been talked out of that plan, though some believe he may try to stay put, according to CNN report citing multiple sources.
‘He’s throwing a f***ing temper tantrum. He’s going to leave. He’s just lashing out,’ an adviser said to the outlet.
President Donald Trump has told advisers that he will refuse to leave the White House on Inauguration Day and he has been throwing a massive ‘temper tantrum’ following his election loss, according to a new report. Trump pictured December 12
Trump now reportedly spends his days mulling over the lost election, plotting ways to contest it, and devising revenge on Republicans he believes have turned on him, Fox News hosts and executives, Congressmembers and Cabinet members.
‘He’s been fed so much misinformation that I think he actually thinks this thing was stolen from him,’ a Trump adviser said of the president.
Hours after the Electoral College announced Biden secured the election, Trump announced Attorney General William Barr will leave office.
His resignation came after it emerged Barr had worked to prevent a federal probe into Hunter Biden’s finances from going public before the election.
On Tuesday Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell acknowledged Biden as the president-elect for the first time, a sign that Republicans have conceded.
Early Tuesday just after midnight Trump shared a <a href=”http://DailyMail.com” rel=”nofollow”>DailyMail.com</a> story about Trump loyalists angry with McConnell after he congratulated Biden.
Trump tweeted the story writing, ‘Mitch, 75,000,000 VOTES, a record for a sitting President (by a lot). Too soon to give up. Republican Party must finally learn to fight. People are angry!’
It’s been six weeks since Trump lost the election and this week the Electoral College confirmed Joe Biden was the victor in the contentious presidential race. Biden pictured looking at his watch during a speech Tuesday
Trump has also reportedly been considering pardons for more than two dozen people close to him, including business associates and allies, who he believes could be targeted for political reasons.
Trump’s staff has reportedly created a spreadsheet to keep track of all of the requests for pardons or commutations that have come to his aides.
‘It turned crazy. There’s a lot of activity,’ one person familiar with Trump’s push for pardons told CNN.
Petitioners have been approaching the White House director for pardons, calling or emailing senior adviser Jared Kushner, chief of staff Mark Meadows or White House counsel Pat Cipollone.
‘Everyone assumed there’s no formal process and they should reach out to the administration directly,’ the source said.
On Tuesday Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell acknowledged Biden as the president-elect for the first time, a sign that Republicans have conceded. Trump tweeted in response: ‘Mitch, 75,000,000 VOTES, a record for a sitting President (by a lot). Too soon to give up. Republican Party must finally learn to fight. People are angry!’
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‘Everyone hopes they have a friend of a friend of a friend of a cousin who they hope will get them to read their email,’ the source added.
This week Alice Johnson and Duke Tanner, whose prison sentences were commuted by Trump, were at the White House to petition for additional acts of clemency, Tanner shared in a tweet.
One person working on behalf of the clients seeking pardons said they hoped their loyalty to Trump over the past four years would now pay off.
Last month Trump pardoned Michael Flynn, his former national security advisor, from any possible crimes he could have committed connected to the two-year Robert Mueller investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
He also could be considering clemency for Allen Weisselberg, the chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, who has been under the eye of investigators for his role in hush money payments.
Officials said a preemptive pardon for Trump himself has not been ruled out.
Trump has also been considering pardons for more than two dozen people close to him, including business associates and allies, who he believes could be targeted for political reasons. Last month Trump pardoned Michael Flynn, his former national security advisor
Trump could also be considering clemency for Allen Weisselberg, the chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, who has been under the eye of investigators for his role in hush money payments
Loyalty has been a major issue in the Oval Office in the past six weeks since the election.
One person who used to speak to Trump regularly but lightly encouraged him to soften his post-election stance told CNN Trump no longer answers his calls and he hasn’t heard from the president in weeks.
Several of Trump’s close allies have reportedly urged him to move on from contesting the election and instead plan for his future after his term ends and plan for a potential 2024 run.
Trump has told his staff that he has no desire to discuss whether or not he’ll attend Biden’s swearing-in and shut down any talks about leaving office, multiple people familiar with the discussions have said.
