THE INTENSIFIED REPORT

 President Trump on Wednesday objected to commit to peaceful transfer of power following November's election. Trump, when asked on Wednesday if he would commit to a peaceful transfer of power after the election --win or lose-- he responded, " Well, we're going to have to see what happens." "Get rid of the ballots," Trump added "and you'll have a very peaceful -- there won't be a transfer, frankly. There'll be a continuation, Trump added, stoking baseless fears of widespread voter fraud with mail-in ballots. — ABC News (@ABC) September 23, 2020

Lawyer Alan Dershowitz has hit CNN with a $300 million defamation lawsuit, accusing the cable network of distorting his words to portray him as an “intellectual who had lost his mind” during President Trump’s impeachment trial, according to media reports. During the January trial, the Harvard professor raised eyebrows when he argued, “If a president does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in impeachment.” He is accusing CNN of airing misleading footage in a “barrage of defamatory programming” that led to him being “openly mocked by most of the top national talk show hosts and by CNN viewers,” the Daily Mail reported. He wants the news network to cough up $250 million in punitive damages and $50 million in compensation, the paper reported of the Florida suit. Dershowitz’s statements came during the Senate trial in which Trump was accused of abusing his power and obstructing Congre

George P. Bush on Tuesday June 9, made it clear that he will vote for President Donald Trump in the 2020 election. In a statement to The Dallas News and The Texas Tribune, current Texas Land Commissioner and  nephew of former US President George W. Bush said  "Trump is the only thing standing between America and socialism" "Even in a global pandemic where we had to take unprecedented measures to protect public health, the economy is already returning. It's clear, America and Texas will continue to be stronger than ever," he added. President Trump acknowledged the endorsement from the younger Bush, and said in a tweet  "Thank you George, great honor!"

With the aim of increasing the ability of the government to regulate social platforms, US President Donald Trump, on Thursday May 28, signed an executive order targeting social media companies. The executive order targets companies granted liability protection through Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, according to a report by cnbc.com. Under the statute, large social media companies cannot be sued for much of the content posted by others using their sites. The order would push the Federal Communications Commission to set new rules on some websites' protections under Section 230. It would also encourage the Federal Trade Commission to take action against companies that engage in "deceptive" acts of communication, and it would form a working group of state attorneys general to review relevant state laws. The executive order came two days after Twitter, for the first time, added warning links to two of Trump's tweets, inviting readers to "ge