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November 1: Trump’s Election Lawsuits and Binance’s $6.3 Billion Hack
In Washington
The Trump administration is filing lawsuits and opening investigations that could extend election disputes beyond Election Day, according to The Washington Post. The paper reports that the administration is seeking to discount some ballots and block the finalization of results. Its litigation strategy has failed so far, but the Post says it appears designed to give the Justice Department more time to contest results after the midterms.
Separately, President Trump criticized his former lawyer, Alina Habba Mildon, over a $50 million deal to work with a billionaire Venezuelan family seeking a presidential pardon, The New York Times reports. Trump called her decision to enter the deal “totally obnoxious and outrageous.”
The Binance hack
The FBI attributes a roughly $6.3 billion cryptocurrency theft from Binance to TraderTraitor, a North Korea-sponsored hacking group. Binance says it has replaced 90 percent of the stolen assets using company funds and will cover the rest without passing losses to customers. The exchange says the remaining tokens are less liquid and could take longer to purchase. Withdrawals were halted after the breach. Binance said Saturday that it remained on track to reopen them Sunday.
Bolsonaro in the United States
President Trump says Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro can stay in the United States “as long as he wants.” Bolsonaro left Brazil after losing the presidential election to incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, despite an order to surrender his passports. He challenged a two-hour voting extension tied to alleged transportation problems, but his own Liberal Party recognized Lula’s victory. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the U.S. government was not directly involved in helping Bolsonaro leave Brazil.
Protests in Israel
Thousands rallied in Israel calling for a Jewish-Arab coalition to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. At a counterprotest, Netanyahu supporters demanded that Israel not have a government including people they called “terrorists.”
Cost-of-living protests in Europe
Shops were looted as cost-of-living protests turned violent in Germany. Frankfurt police reported “violent riots” downtown, with unrest also reported in Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne.
In France, tens of thousands marched Saturday over living costs and deteriorating public services, the third wave of protests. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said about 150 planned demonstrations passed peacefully. Clashes followed in Paris, Marseille and other cities, with Nuñez describing an “extraordinary” level of violence from some rioters as the rallies ended.
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