The cause of the violence that broke out at the U.S. Capitol on January 6 is under investigation. On Friday morning, President Donald Trump tweeted that he will not be attending Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20. Mr. Biden later responded that this was a good thing.
On Friday evening, Twitter announced it was permanently canceling Trump’s personal account, and the president responded by saying he was considering setting up his own platform.
On January 6th a crowd stormed the Capitol building, interrupting a joint session of Congress to count the electoral votes. Many people were killed in the conflict. As of Jan. 7, 55 cases had been filed, most of them related to a break-in at the U.S. Capitol during protests in Washington this week.
Trump said in a video message on Twitter on Thursday (January 7). Trump began by condemning the violence at the Capitol and stressing that the United States must always be a nation of laws. He added that parliament had certified the results and that a new government would take office on January 20. The focus now is to ensure a smooth, orderly and smooth transition of power. This is a time of healing and healing.
The U.S. Congress certified Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden as the winner early Monday morning.
Democratic congressmen, some Republican congressmen and the mainstream media have blamed the violent intrusion on the Capitol on President Donald Trump. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, said Friday that if Trump does not resign, she would be prepared to move forward with impeachment proceedings or move to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove the president from office.
Trump’s supporters say he did not incite violence in his speech, that the mainstream media misunderstood the January 6 rally and that people infiltrated the crowds. There are also concerns that the United States is on the verge of socialism or Marxism.
Here’s a look at the developments in the Capitol on Jan. 8 (EST), as well as a live update on the U.S. election.
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Twitter deleted two new tweets from Donald Trump’s official account on Friday night, after canceling his personal account.
“We will not be silent!” Trump tweeted from his official account.
The @POTUS government account has 33.4 million followers.
“Twitter has nothing to do with freedom of speech,” Trump wrote in the now-deleted tweet.
He added that he was considering setting up his own social media platform in the near future.
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Trump Dialogue has responded to Twitter’s permanent cancellation of his personal account, condemning the big tech giant and saying the move does not represent freedom of speech.
“As I’ve been saying for quite some time, Twitter has gone further and further in its efforts to ban free speech. Tonight, Twitter employees have worked with Democrats, radical left groups, to remove my account from the platform and silence me and you. Seventy-five million great patriots voted for me.” Trump said.
“Twitter may be a private company, but they wouldn’t be around for very long without the benefits of Section 230,” Trump added in a statement.
“I predict this will happen. We have been in talks with various other platforms and will have a major announcement soon, as well as considering the possibility of building our own platform in the near future. We will not be silent!”
He went on to say that Twitter has nothing to do with freedom of speech. Their whole purpose is to create a “radical left” platform where some of the most venomous people in the world can speak freely.
“Stay tuned!” Trump said.
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Around 6:30 p.m. ET, Twitter announced it was permanently removing Trump’s account.
“After carefully reviewing the latest tweets from President DonaldTrump’s (@realDonaldTrump) account and the content surrounding it — in particular how the content was received and distributed on Twitter, both online and offline — we have permanently blocked the account,” the company’s blog explained.
Twitter blamed two tweets from Donald Trump today for the move to cancel the account. “The great voice of the 75 million great American patriots who voted for me, America First and America Great Again extends into the future,” Trump tweeted Friday morning. They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form!!”
He later posted that he would not be attending Mr. Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20.
Twitter said the posts violated its “violence glorification policy.” The firm’s assessment determined that these last two posts by Trump were highly likely to encourage and inspire people to replicate the criminal act that took place in the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Epoch Times has contacted the White House to ask if the president is considering using Parler or other social media. Epoch Times has also sought comment on the Trump campaign.
In addition, Parler, a social media site created by conservatives, was threatened by Apple to remove it. Parler is seen as an alternative to Twitter, and many Trump fans and conservatives have turned to it.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told members of the House on Friday that impeachment proceedings will continue if President Donald Trump does not resign.
“Members expect the president to resign immediately,” Pelosi said in a statement after a caucus meeting. “However, if he does not, I have directed the Rules Committee to stand ready to work with Congressman Jamie Raskin to move forward on the 25th Amendment and the motion of impeachment.”
President-elect Joe Biden said Friday that this is a matter for Congress.
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Trump campaign lawyer Rudy Giuliani tweeted at 5:45 p.m. : “Trump January 6, 2021: I know all of you will soon be marching to the Capitol to make your voices heard peacefully and patriotically!”
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Senator Roy Blunt, the Republican leader, said impeachment of President Trump “is not going to happen.”
“We will never impeach a president,” the Missouri Republican said in an interview with KSHB, a local Kansas City television station. There is no time for that.”
“When [House Speaker] Nancy Pelosi and [Senate Minority Leader] Chuck Schumer talked about this, obviously it was just another political motive to try to bring up. It’s disappointing.” “Blount said.
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Twitter suspended the accounts of the former National Security Adviser General Michael Flynn and the lawyer Sidney Powell.
Both accounts said: “The account has been suspended… Twitterers will suspend accounts that break Twitter’s rules.”
It is unclear why they suspended their accounts for Twitter;
Brandon Straka, the head of the conservative WalkAway movement, said on Friday that Facebook had deleted the group’s page and banned individual accounts belonging to the group.
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The Democrats intend to launch another attempt to impeach the president, and several media reports say the process will begin next Monday. The White House responded Friday with a statement saying: “As President Trump said yesterday, this is a time of healing and unity as a nation. To initiate a politically motivated impeachment with 12 days left in the presidency will only further divide our great country. “
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White House industry and trade adviser Peter Navarro told reporters that what happened in Congress was a tragedy, but you can’t blame it all on President Trump.
He says two reports he has written since November 3, following election fraud, show why more than half of Americans believe the election was stolen.
‘We need to talk about it because it’s not going to be swept away,’ he said.
On Jan. 5, Navarro released a second study on election fraud, titled “The Art of The Steal.” Last month, he published his first report, entitled “Perfect Fraud: Six Critical Levels of Election Irregularities”.
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As of Tuesday, the Justice Department had charged 13 suspects who entered Congress on Monday. They included Richard Barnett, who took pictures with his feet on Speaker Pelosi’s desk, and Lonnie Coffman, who had 11 alcohol bombs and two guns in his car.
The Justice Department says it is investigating others.
According to multiple media reports, the Justice Department has arrested people who entered the Capitol 6 days ago in Tennessee, West Virginia and Hawaii.
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Both Republican senators in Georgia have declared their defeat, conceding defeat to the two Democratic candidates.
Under Georgia’s rules, a candidate must win more than 50 percent of the vote to be elected, and no one did so in November. Candidates from both parties face re-election on January 5th.
Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler, the incumbent, conceded defeat to Democrat Raphael Warnock. The Republican candidate, incumbent Sen. David Perdue, conceded defeat to Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff.
Both ballots exceeded the 0.5 percent margin required for a candidate to file for a recount.
This means a 50-50 split between Democrats and Republicans in the House of Representatives, with Vice President Kam-lee Ho, as speaker, holding the most important vote in the chamber.
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Speaking in Delaware, Biden said it is a good thing President Donald Trump will not be attending his inauguration.
He said it was the only thing he and Trump agreed on.
Biden said he would welcome Vice President Mike Pence.
The vice president’s office has not announced whether Pence will attend Biden’s inauguration. “Vice President Pence and the second lady have not yet made a decision on attendance,” Pence’s aide said in response to reporters.
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A State Department spokesman, Morgan Ortagus, said Secretary Pompeo had just completed a meeting with President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for secretary of state, Antony Blinken.
The spokesman said the two men had a very productive meeting to promote an orderly transition and ensure that U.S. interests overseas are protected.
“Secretary Pompeo and nominee Blinken, along with their team, will continue to work together on behalf of the United States throughout this transition.” “The spokesman said.
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The Justice Department said it was not considering seditious charges against speakers at the rally on Sunday, including President Donald Trump.
“We do not expect any allegations of this nature,” the Justice Department said, adding that the investigation was focused solely on criminal conduct at the Capitol.
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Biden expressed condolences for the police officers killed in the Capitol building
As he began his cabinet announcement, President-elect Joe Biden vowed to hold those responsible for the killing of the Capitol police to account.
“Our sympathies and our concerns go out to his family and they should be held accountable and held accountable,” Biden said in Wilmington, Delaware.
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Derrick Evans, a West Virginia state legislator who entered the U.S. Capitol building taking a selfie on Saturday, will face criminal charges, officials said Monday.
Ken Kohl, a senior official with the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, D.C., said Mr. Evans has been charged with entering a restricted area, entering the U.S. Capitol and criminal charges will be filed.
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In a statement, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy rejected impeachment proceedings against President Trump. “Putting pressure on the president, with 12 days left in office, will only divide our country more,” he said in a statement.
“I plan to meet with President-elect Biden today and discuss with him how we must work together to cool the situation and bring the country together to address the challenges facing America,” he said. ‘he continued.
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A man who broke into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office and took photos in front of her desk has been arrested and charged with three federal charges, including theft of public property, federal officials said Friday.
Richard Barnett, of Arkansas, was taken into custody Friday morning in Little Rock, federal officials said.
Barnett is charged with willfully entering and remaining on restricted grounds without authorization, as well as forcibly entering the Capitol building, committing misconduct and stealing public property, officials said.
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Three White House advisers told CNN that the president has no intention of resigning.
“No.” “One adviser said of the possibility of Trump resigning.
“Zero chance,” said another, who said he had done nothing wrong.
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On Friday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with President-elect Biden’s nominee for secretary of state, Tony Blinken.
Pompeo condemned the violent protests as unacceptable.
He was scheduled to meet with Mr. Blinken in December, but the meeting was canceled after Mr. Pompeo came into contact with infected people and had to quarantine himself.
Blinken arrived at the State Department at 1 p.m. Friday. It was not clear how long the meeting lasted.
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A laptop computer was stolen from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during Wednesday’s attack on the U.S. Capitol, an aide to Pelosi said Friday.
The laptop was kept in a conference room for presentations, the aide said. He declined to provide further details.
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President Donald Trump’s legal team has ended multiple lawsuits seeking to challenge the outcome of Georgia’s 2020 election on its own.
In the two cases involving the president, lawyers for the Trump campaign filed notices of voluntary withdrawal, saying they were asking the court to dismiss the cases because of “out-of-court settlements.”
Lawyers for Georgia’s secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, said they did not object to a voluntary dismissal of the case, but did not believe there was a settlement.
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The Senate Homeland Security and Rules Committees have jointly announced that they will hold hearings on security lapses leading up to Wednesday’s attack on the Capitol.
“An attack on the Capitol is an attack on every American. We plan to monitor these terrible events and hold bipartisan hearings to work together on the reforms necessary to make sure this doesn’t happen again.” “The chairmen and vice-chairmen of the two committees wrote in a statement.
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The FBI’s Washington field office on Friday morning released 40 photos of people who illegally broke into the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.
The men, some armed, roamed the halls of the Capitol building, smashing or demolishing property and breaking into the rooms of House and Senate leaders.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a letter to lawmakers Friday that she spoke to Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley about President Trump and nuclear regulations.
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Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office plan to open a federal murder investigation into the death of U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick, who died Thursday night, a law enforcement official told CNN.
Mr. Sinik was injured Wednesday when protesters stormed the U.S. Capitol building. He died at about 9:30 p.m. Eastern time Thursday. Capitol Police officials said in a statement that Sinik died of injuries sustained while on duty.
The Washington Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Division, the U.S. Capitol Police and its federal partners are investigating the death.
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In a Twitter post on Friday, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said impeaching Trump in the final days of his presidency would “do more harm than good,” adding that the move was “not successful” in the Senate.
“If Speaker Pelosi pushes for impeachment in the last days of Trump’s presidency, it will do more harm than good. And I hope President-elect Biden recognizes the damage that these actions have done.”
Graham said it was “a time to recover and move on.”
“Any attempt to impeach President Trump would not only fail in the Senate, but would set a dangerous precedent for future presidencies,” he tweeted. It’s going to take both [parties] to heal the country.”
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“The great voice of the 75 million great American patriots who voted for me, America First and America Great Again extends into the future,” Trump tweeted Friday morning. They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way!!
He later posted, “For those of you who asked, I will not be attending the inauguration on January 20.”
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Attorney General nominee Merrick Garland said Thursday that if confirmed by the Senate, he would oversee an independent Justice Department.
At the news conference, Mr. Garland described how his first job, decades ago, was to assist Ben Civiletti, then the attorney general.
Garland said Corinetti sought to put “norms to ensure that all agencies abide by the rule of law” into written policy.
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Rep. Mary Miller on Thursday recalled the moment the Capitol building was breached on Jan. 6 during a joint session to count and certify the results of the presidential election, saying she was shocked by the incident and that lawmakers had been targeted.
Around 2:15 p.m. on January 6, a group of protesters stormed the U.S. Capitol building.
“It’s shocking. We were on the House floor, and we were told that the Capitol had been damaged, and after that, I believe, we heard some kind of gunfire, all sorts of things, “Miller said in an interview with the Epoch Times’s” Thought Leader of America.”
“A couple of MPs got up to leave, and we were told, ‘Get your gas masks out’ — I didn’t even know we had gas masks under our seats. “Said freshman Congressman Miller.
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Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller and Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette both issued statements January 7 saying they intend to stay in their posts through the inauguration on January 20.
In separate speeches, Miller and Broilette condemned Wednesday’s violence at the U.S. Capitol.
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow will continue to serve in Trump’s term.
Mr Mnuchin plans to remain focused on getting “important work done”, according to a person familiar with the matter. The United States lost 140,000 jobs last month, according to the latest jobs report released Friday.
Fox Business confirmed that Larry Kudlow will also continue his tenure.
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The founder of Moms of America (MFA) says media coverage of the January 6 protest at the Capitol has been distorted.
In a news release issued Jan. 7, Kimberly Fletcher, a mother of eight and the founder and chairman of the MFA, said the alleged violence and looting that took place on Wednesday had been exaggerated in some media outlets. Fletcher claimed that most of the actions taken by protesters that day were peaceful.
“What you’ve seen in the media is lies,” Fletcher wrote.
Fletcher also said the media is trying to make everything about President Donald Trump and the millions of people who love freedom and just want honest elections they can trust. “I was in Washington, D.C., and I went to all these events. So let me share the truth and the facts.”
Mr. Fletcher said the MFA had been warned by the U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) and its own security team before the protest. Antifa and the BLM “are communicating through their networks — via email and social media — to dress like Trump supporters, infiltrate our events and cause trouble,” the warning said.
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Biden and Ho were accused of double standards when they said “thugs” had broken into Capitol Hill, but called the BLM a “peaceful protest.”
Mr Biden and his lieutenants are now facing fierce criticism that they played down the “Mafia” looting that swept the country last summer but fanned the flames of protests on Capitol Hill.
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Hundreds of police officers and emergency responders lined the streets around the Capitol overnight on Thursday to remember a Capitol Police officer who was killed in the line of duty.
They observed a moment of silence around midnight in memory of the officer, Brian D. Sicknick. It was the fifth time since the department was established 200 years ago that people had died in riots.
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Dominion Voting Systems sued U.S. Attorney Sidney Powell on Friday, accusing her of defaming the company.
In its lawsuit, Dominion wrote that Powell made a series of “insane allegations” that were “patently false.” The suit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Powell had previously accused Dominion voting machines of rigging the 2020 U.S. election and of bribing Georgia officials to secure contracts for the company’s voting machines.
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Ashli Babbitt, who served in the Air Force, was shot and killed during the unrest at the Capitol on January 6th.
Tony Mazziott, Babbitt’s grandfather, told ABC News’s “Good Morning America” that Babbitt, 35, was a “Good patriot” and a “loving man.”
“She’s been in the military, she’s passionate about everything, and she’s very pro-Trump,” he said. Babbitt served in the Air Force for more than a decade, family members said.
Babbitt’s husband Aaron Babbitt added that she “loves her country and is doing what she thinks is right to support her country and join like-minded people who love their president and their country as well. “
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation is seeking information about pipe bombs found Wednesday afternoon near the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic National Committees. The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the suspects.
The FBI posted photos of the incident on social media. One photo showed a man wearing a grey hooded coat, black gloves and black trousers, clutching an object in one hand. But the F.B.I. did not say whether the person in the photo was considered a suspect in its investigation.
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Analytical watchdog Barry Zulauf, a longtime intelligence official, released a 14-page report to the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday. A copy was obtained by The Washington Examiner. Mr. Zulauf’s investigation was launched in response to complaints about election threats. In addition, he lamented that “a polarized atmosphere threatens to undermine the very foundations of our republic and even permeates the intelligence community.”
The report shows that US intelligence agencies’ assessments of foreign influence in the 2020 US election were politicized, including analysts who appeared to be reluctant to disclose information about Chinese Communist party interference because they disagreed with the policies of the Trump administration.
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Tony Good, a Marine Corps veteran who traveled from Florida to attend the January 6 rally, said Trump did not incite violence in his speech.
“No, absolutely not. There is a difference between incitement and standing on convictions, “Gude told the Epoch Times.” He didn’t tell anyone to mount a revolt. He told people that it is our right, an American right, to protest.”
Elizabeth Rowell flew alone from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to attend the protest. She described Trump’s speech as “passionate,” but not incitement.
Lowell said she felt “a little bit frustrated on Thursday because I don’t like the way we’re being portrayed.”
“I think the media makes it look like… The people who got in made the rest of us outside look like a bunch of hooligans.” She said.
For a more detailed article, see Trump Supporters: June 6 Rally Misinterpreted by Mainstream Media.
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Utah station KUTV2 reported Thursday that John Sullivan, founder of the left-wing group Insurgent USA, broke a window into the Capitol Sunday and saw a female protester shot.
Sullivan was arrested by Utah police on July 10, 2020, and charged with being a member of the Black Order, rioting and threatening, according to Deseret.
He was one of the organizers of a June 29 police harassment in Provo last year that led to the shooting death of a motorist. He used social media to recruit protesters and on the day of the event took the lead in blocking pro-police vehicles from moving freely.
In the process, another man shot the activists twice. Sullivan stayed with the gunman, did not condemn the violence, did not prevent the attempted murder, nor did he assist the police with their investigation.
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In response to the violent clashes in the US Congress, Australian MP George Christensen on the afternoon of January 8, slammed the US left and the fake news media as hypocrites, lying to blame for President Donald Trump.
In a Facebook post, Christensen said the left and the fake news media are “shameless” in their false claims that President Donald Trump has incited violence.
Christensen said that yesterday, rather than stoking violence, President Trump repeatedly publicly called for “peace” and “law and order.”
Christensen attacked the left and the left-wing media for falsely calling the legitimate protest a “rebellion” and an attempt at a “coup” because a small number of protesters had rioting, which was not the case.
“This is a mob sabotaging and illegally entering the U.S. Congress, not a coup or insurrection.”
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After Wednesday’s violence at the Capitol, U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos tendered her resignation on Jan. 7 and expressed her condemnation of the violence.
DeVos said her resignation was effective Friday. She became the second cabinet official to resign following the violence at the parliament building.
DeVos said it has been the honor of her life to serve as education secretary and that she will always be grateful for the opportunity to serve the nation and its students.
“We should highlight and celebrate the many accomplishments your administration has achieved on behalf of the American people,” she said in a letter to Trump. She also condemned the violent attack on the Capitol as “unacceptable for our country.”
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The resignation of Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund will take effect Jan. 16, a police spokesman told the news outlet.
Sander said he had never experienced anything like it in his 30 years in law enforcement.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had earlier Thursday called for Ms. Sander to step down.
“There was a lack of leadership at the top of the Capitol Police,” she told reporters at a news conference. “I don’t think Mr. Sander even called us after this happened.”
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According to multiple media reports, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence opposes invoking the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office.
A senior Republican told The New York Times that Pence’s decision not to take the move was supported by several members of Trump’s cabinet. Several members of Trump’s cabinet reportedly believe that removing him from the presidency would lead to further instability in Washington, D.C.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, said Thursday that Congress is prepared to impeach President Trump if Pence and cabinet members do not move to remove him from office.
Pelosi said Thursday she hopes Vice President Mike Pence will be able to remove Trump from office “today” with the 25th Amendment. She asked Burns to respond to her comments as soon as possible.
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