FBI PUBLIC AFFAIRS - DIRECTOR'S AM NEWS BRIEFING TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2020 5:00 AM EST Georgia Recertifies Election Results As Trump Legal Efforts Continue Elsewhere. Norah O'Donnell said on the CBS Evening News (12/7, story 5, 1:45, 4.74M) that with "more states certifying their results, there are questions tonight about the future of the President's legal fight to overturn the election." In Georgia, CBS' Paula Reid reported, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, "a Republican, recertified the results [Monday] after a second recount." Raffensperger "We have now counted legally cast ballots three times, and the results remain unchanged" On NBC Nightly News (12/7, story 5, 1:30, Holt, 6.35M), Hallie Jackson said Joe Biden's 'vin [was] recertified in Georgia after a recount, with a top Republican there dismissing the campaign's baseless claims of widespread fraud" CNN (1217, Collins, 83.16M) reports on its website that according to "multiple sources," there is "a sense developing within Donald Trump's legal team and what remains of his campaign staff that their efforts to overturn or delay the results of the election are coming to an end...despite what the President has said publicly. ... Following the news of Rudy Giuliani's coronavirus hospitalization, staffers only speculated further that it's a matter of time before their legal efforts come to a halt completely." The Washington Post (12/7, 14.2M) reports that Raffensperger "said Monday that the office would recertify the state's election results, which would reaffirm Biden's victory after a second statewide recount of presidential votes." The New York Times (12/7, Roose, 18.61M) reports Raffenspergers office "dedicated part of a morning news conference to debunking" several "falsehood[s]...in what was called 'Disinformation Monday.'" According to the AP (1217, Bnimback), "the total number of votes in the recount results certified Monday and posted on the secretary of state's website was 766 few