“On the Tuesday before Christmas, Donald Trump welcomed Kellyanne Conway for lunch at the White House. Conway had resigned from the administration in August after her then 15-year-old daughter Claudia became an internet sensation for posting intimate details about the Conways’ marriage to social media. According to a source familiar with the lunch, Trump appeared to be wistful to see Conway back in the West Wing. The source said Trump spent much of the meal nostalgically reliving the thrill of his 2016 campaign. He also insisted that he had rightfully won reelection in November, but admitted that his bid to overturn the results was doomed. He even said he would attend Joe Biden’s inauguration. Conway did not respond to a request for comment; the White House declined to comment” reports Vanity Fair’s Gabe Sherman.

“If Trump was moved by the Christmas spirit to accept the reality of his situation, it was fleeting. On the eve of Wednesday’s Congressional vote to certify the 2020 election, Trump is escalating his scorched-earth campaign against American democracy. On Sunday, The Washington Post published audio of Trump’s phone call to Georgia’s Republican secretary of state Brad Raffensperger during which Trump possibly committed a crime by telling Raffensperger to ‘find 11,780 votes’ and deliver the state to Trump. Earlier today, Trump tweeted that Vice President Mike Pence has the power ‘to reject fraudulently chosen electors,’ a claim that’s baseless.