7. Michael Cohen wants to send prisoners home
- Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney who is serving a three-year sentence for bank and tax fraud, has been sharing a petition to release prisoners and place them under house arrest amid the coronavirus outbreak, but the petition only applies to federal non-violent offenders.
- The petition says that federal prisons aren’t equipped to deal with the coronavirus. It has only gained about 1,500 signatures.
6. Tuberville says he never would’ve recused himself
- Former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville has been going after former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions in the U.S. Senate runoff, and now he’s saying that Sessions did the wrong thing by recusing himself. Tuberville says it is something he never would’ve done.
- Tuberville on Alabama Public Television compared the Sessions recusal to a quarterback taking “a knee in the first quarter,” adding that Sessions “turned over that witch hunt to 200-300 lawyers, liberal lawyers and sicced them on President Trump.” Tuberville said that he’d “never done that, I promise you that because I know where we are at in this country, and we are losing daily to socialism.”
5. NRA and Ann Coulter endorse Sessions
- Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has received the hefty endorsement of the National Rifle Association in the U.S. Senate runoff against former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville sighting his long record of supporting the Second Amendment.
- Conservative commentator Ann Coulter also is supporting Sessions, saying, “There are very few Republicans in all of Washington who care about you, Alabamians.” She added, “And those few Republicans who actually do want to put America first include the great Mo Brooks and the great Jeff Sessions.”
4. Trump tests negative for coronavirus
- The White House has released the results of President Donald Trump’s coronavirus test after a few people that Trump has come into contact with recently were diagnosed with the illness, but Trump tested negative.
- Despite being around people who tested positive for the coronavirus, Trump has remained symptom-free after initially resisting being tested due to not showing symptoms. The coronavirus has infected more than 3,774 people nationally and killed 69 people.
3. Alabama law might not allow changes to election day
- Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill says he would like to postpone the March 31 primary election runoff, but he is noting that Alabama law makes that unlikely. He has sought an immediate opinion from Attorney General Steve Marshall on this matter.
- New York and other states are working to change their election days. Some states, like Georgia and Louisiana, have already done so.
2. State employees can work from home
- Governor Kay Ivey has allowed agencies to have state employees work from home to encourage the practice of social distancing.
- Departments that deal with public safety or emergency services will continue working. Ivey said, “While out of the office, please continue the practice of sound hygiene and social distancing.”
1. Schools across the state closing
- With 22 coronavirus cases in Alabama, Governor Kay Ivey has instructed all Pre-K through 12th-grade schools to close after school on Wednesday, but many school systems are choosing to close after school on Monday instead.
- Concerns over feeding students are rampant across the state and country, which means that there are large numbers of parents in America that are not feeding their kids regularly. So, parents are essentially neglecting their kids, and it is not being reported.
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