Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is among the planned speakers at the Democrat National Convention (DNC) this month.
The convention will take place over four nights starting August 17. It is largely taking place remotely because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Former Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama are scheduled to take part, as are former First Ladies Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton, who lost to President Donald Trump in 2016.
The top Democrats in the House of Representatives and the Senate, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) are also slated to appear during the convention.
Other planned speakers include Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, former Secretary of State John Kerry, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, and former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
An unusual inclusion is Sally Yates, the former acting Attorney General who was questioned by Congress last week over her involvement in the breach in protocol in the Obama administrations targeting of Trumps incoming national security adviser, Lt. Gen Michael Flynn, just before Trump took office.
Trump took to Twitter after the questioning to accuse Yates of either lying or being “grossly incompetent.”
“It is not possible she could have known so little about Dirty Cop James Comey (and others) from her high position in the Department of Justice. The political Crime of the Century, and she had no idea what they were doing?” he said, referring to efforts to spy on his campaign.
Former Republican presidential candidate and Ohio Gov. John Kasich is also scheduled to appear at the convention.
Democrats plan to officially make Biden, 77, the nominee during the convention.
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