The decision means there will be no criminal charges. It does not overturn the courts’ findings about the validity of the election.
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The decision means there will be no criminal charges. It does not overturn the courts’ findings about the validity of the election.
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The word for today is… extant (adjective) - 1a: currently or actually existing b: still existing : not destroyed or lost 2 archaic : standing out or above Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Latin exstant-, exstans, present participle of exstare to stand out, be in existence, from ex- + stare to stand. Middle English, from
