US Democrats formally nominate Joe Biden to take on Donald Trump

The only person he's interested in defending is himself."The Republican-led Senate committee report found that the FBI had ample cause to open an investigation into Trump's 2016 campaign.The report found that former campaign manager Paul Manafort, now serving a jail term for fraud, shared sensitive Trump campaign polling data with a Russian agent and was a counterintelligence threat.Yates, who served as acting US Attorney General in the early days of the Trump administration, had warned the Trump White House about contacts with Russia in 2016-2017."From the moment President Trump took office, he has used his position to benefit himself rather than our country," Yates said.Trump claimed Obama and Biden directed US agencies to spy on his campaign in 2016 and denied coordinating with Russia, calling the Democratic allegations a "hoax".For a second night, the Democrats featured Republicans.Colin Powell, who served as secretary of state under George W Bush and appeared at multiple Republican conventions in past years, endorsed Biden."Our country needs a commander in chief who takes care of our troops in the same way he would his own family.