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: US Attorney For The Eastern District of Virginia Resigns. (1/5, Barakat) reports G. Zachary Terwiliger, US Attorney for the Eastern Distri ick of @, announced he is resigning to join the Vinson and Elkins law firm. The R fy VA (i/5, Green, AGO reports, “With Pr esicent-el ect Joe Biden taking office later this month, Terwilliger said Monday that ‘l think it if just makes a fot of sense, rather than wait.” ‘Trump Names New US Attorney For Atlanta. (i/5, Gerstein, 6.73M) reports thet President Trump “has replaced the top federal prosecutor in Atlanta with another Trump-appointed prosecutor from southern Georgia, bypassing a top career prosecutor, ” According to Palltica, “Trump's move came after the U.S. attorney in Atlanta, Byung ‘Biay’ Pak, abruotly resigned Monday.” Politics reports that Justice Department '(Officiais have “declined to say w ather Pak resi igned voluntarily or was asked to do so.” Politica ‘adds, “Frump’s installation of a new leader inthe U.S. attorney’s office in Georgia‘s largest city comes as he continues to rail agai t@ Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of 'investigaticn for falling to rove aggressively against what he has baselessiy alleged was rampant fraud in the November election in Georgia and in other swing states.” Additional coverage includes The (1/5, Castronuovo, 5.69} and F< ‘Rambaren, 23.99M}. ‘Senators > Urge Biden To Chose Doug Jones For Attorney General. “at least 14 Democra! c senators have sent ai i atter to Pp residant-elc ect Joe Biden recommending” ‘former Sen. Doug Jones for ettorney general. GOP Senators Remain Divided On Electorai Vote Certification. “The Senate and House will meet in joint session on Wednesday at 1:06 p.m. for the formal certifi nm of the Electoral Colleg 3@ vote for president and vice president. Reports say Republicens | “rem spit over whether, and to what extent, to chal r¢ results in clase states won by Joe ‘Biden, with more GOP senators, incuding some who are usually allied with President Trump, saying Tuesday that they wil not block certification. Coverage aiso highlights the raie of Vice President Penc “er wha is scheduled to pr eside over the ever, | David Muir said on ASC . {4/5, story 2, 3:45, 7,66M), “Congress is now Set to certify whe presidential election. results and tonight, new pressure fram President Trump on ‘fPencel _ reject the electors. Fhis comes after that recorded phone cali the President pressuring -Georgia’s Secretary of State te find 11,786 votes, say! ng there’s ‘nothing wrong with saying...you recal ated.’ On Tuesday, Trump "ss 3 about the Vice President, saying, “Fhe Vice President has the power to reject fraudulently chosen electors.'” ABC’s Jonathan Karl said, “That’s just not true. Pence has no actual power to change or reject any electoral vote. And one of Trurno’s on longtime lawyers is saying as rnuch, directly contradicting the Pr esident” _ ay Sekulow: “lL actually don’t think that’s what the Constitution has in mind. If that were the cas s&, any vice president could | refuse any election.” Norah O'Don: nell said cn the (4/5, Still insistin e election was stolen fram him, even as Congress is set te canfirm Joe Biden's The President, plans to address supporters tornorrow here in Washington.” CBS’ WeHia lana: * The President has privately and publicly pressured Mr. Pence to stop Congress frorm apor oving the election results... But @iection law expert David Becker said it's up to members of Congress to approve the Electcrai College’s count affirming Mr. Biden’s win, not the Vice President.” Becker: “Fhe Vice President’s role during this joint sassion of Congress is entirely ceremonial. He basically FBI(21cv558)-51 aon 4/5, story 2, 2:55, 4.65M} that Trump "s “} ?