The cause of the violent incident at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 is under investigation. On Friday evening (Jan. 8), Twitter announced the permanent cancellation of Trump‘s personal account, and President Trump then responded and said he was considering creating his own platform.
The matter continued to ferment on Saturday, with Twitter’s censorship of speech behavior being blamed by multiple parties and the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations saying that blocking Trump’s push number was an act of communist China. On Saturday (Jan. 9), U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeted that the ban was dangerous and could not silence the voices of 75 million Americans.
On Jan. 6, a group of people stormed the Capitol, interrupting a joint session of both houses of Congress to count electoral votes. Several people were killed in the confrontation. Trump tweeted a video message on Thursday (Jan. 7). Trump began by condemning the violence at the Capitol, stressing that the United States must always be a nation of laws.
The U.S. Congress has certified Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden as the winner in the early hours of Jan. 7.
Democratic members of Congress, some Republican members of Congress, and the mainstream media blamed President Trump for the violent break-in to Congress. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, said Friday that she would be prepared to move forward with impeachment proceedings or move forward with activating the 25th Amendment to remove the president from office if Trump does not resign.
Trump supporters said Trump did not incite violence in his speech and that the mainstream media misinterpreted the Jan. 6 rally and that someone had infiltrated the protest crowd. There are also concerns that the United States is on the verge of socialism or Marxism.
Below is a live update on developments in the Jan. 9 (EST) clashes at the Capitol, as well as on U.S. election-related content.
17:10
Several Republican House members have sent a joint letter to President-elect Joe Biden calling for a second impeachment of President Trump in the spirit of healing and loyalty to the Constitution, and we ask Biden to formally ask Speaker Pelosi to stop the second impeachment of President Trump.
U.S. media reports that Pelosi-led Democrats are preparing to announce a proposal to impeach President Trump at 11 a.m. on Monday (11).
16:50
Youtube removed Trump lawyer Giuliani’s latest self-published show, which was titled “What Really Happened on January 6?
By 18:13 PM, Giuliani tweeted that Youtube censored and removed the video, which can be viewed at RudysCommonSense.com.
Trump supporters gather on Capitol Hill to protest election fraud and show their support for President Trump in Washington, DC, USA, December 12, 2020.
15:30
U.S. Attorney Michael Sherwin told CBS News on Dec. 9 that his office has launched a formal investigation into the case of Ashli Babbitt, who was shot and killed by police at the Capitol on Dec. 6, looking into whether on-duty officers were suspected of using excessive force.
Babbitt was 35 years old and had served in the U.S. Air Force. At the time, she appeared inside the Capitol with a pro-Trump flag draped over her.
Babbitt was ambulanced before being taken to the hospital, but ultimately died as a result of resuscitation. The officer who fired the gun has been ordered to take temporary leave and is under investigation.
Xuanwei has designated his subordinate for domestic affairs as the lead prosecutor in the case, which is being investigated by the FBI and Washington, D.C. police.
In addition, the prosecutor’s office is also investigating the death of Capitol Hill police officer Brian Sicknick. Brian Sicknick died after succumbing to his injuries in the Capitol Hill violence on the 6th. His 9 family said they did not want Sicknick’s death to be politicized.
14:20
Rep. Rondon Madison Cawthorn (R-Texas) tells “Fox & Friends” it’s time to “stand up” to the censorship of big technology companies after Twitter and other social media platforms permanently banned President Trump’s personal accounts.
The youngest member of Congress called the Twitter ban a “dangerous precedent.
He also supports Trump’s proposal to reform Section 230 of the Communications Regulatory Act, which protects the giants from being sued for content posted by users on their sites.
Cawthorne told Fox New host Pete Hegseth on Saturday, “The 60,000 conservative accounts on Twitter that are now permanently banned … that’s a very dangerous precedent. We have to crack down on this.”
Madison Cawthorn, who just turned 25, won the North Carolina House seat vacated by White House chief of staff Mark Meadows. He is pictured here rising to his feet during a speech at last year’s Republican convention. (Photo Courtesy of the Committee on Arrangements for the 2020 Republican National Committee)
13:50
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) directed telecommunications carriers and social media companies to preserve evidence related to the violence at the U.S. Capitol.
Sen. Warner, D-Washington, sent a letter Friday (Jan. 8) to mobile carriers AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon, as well as social media companies Apple, Facebook, Gab, Google, Parler, Signal, Telegram and Twitter, urging them to preserve content and data related to Wednesday’s incident.
“The U.S. Capitol is now a crime scene,” he wrote in the letter.
13:47
Pompeo again attached a picture tweet ridiculing Twitter saying, “This is the echo chamber you created.”
The picture compares the number of changes in Twitter followers between the Democratic leader, President-elect Biden, and Vice President-elect He Jinli and the Republican Senate leader and officials in the same time frame.
Democratic Senate Leader Schumer by 10,000 followers, House Leader Pelosi by nearly 30,000 followers, Vice President-elect Hejinri by 96,000 followers, and President-elect Biden by 60,000 followers.
Secretary of State Pompeo’s official account lost 36,000 followers, Republican House Leader McKenzie lost 40,000 followers, Senator Cotton lost 16,000 followers, and Pompeo his personal account lost 20,000 followers.
American conservatives, supporters of Trump have noticed a massive shrinkage of followers ranging from a few thousand to tens of thousands within 12 hours and questioned Twitter for tampering.
13:16
Pompeo tweeted on his personal Twitter account, “Banning is dangerous and it’s not American to do so. Sadly, this isn’t a new tactic from the left anymore. They’ve been silencing the opposition for years.”
“We can’t let them silence 75 million Americans, and this is not Communist China.” He wrote.
13:00
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia announced Saturday (Jan. 9) that they are prosecuting Jacob Chansley, the man suspected of participating in the Capitol riot this Wednesday while wearing a headdress with two horns.
The press release indicates that Arizona man Jas Angeli (Cakeley) “is charged with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, and entering the Capitol with violence to commit a wrongful act.”
He was arrested on Saturday.
12:45
A group of people stormed the Capitol and caused some damage on Jan. 6. Senators announced a bipartisan investigation Friday (Jan. 8) into the security of the U.S. Capitol Police and other agencies in
Senators Gary Peters (D-CA) and Rob Portman (R-CO), senior members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Senate Rules and Administration Committee Chairman and Ranking Member Roy Blunt (R-CO) and Amy Klobuchar (D-CA) said in a joint statement:”
“As the bipartisan leaders of the Senate committees responsible for homeland security, oversight and Capitol operations, it is our responsibility to examine the security breaches that led to Wednesday’s attack.”
“Let’s be clear: An attack on the Capitol is an attack on every American. We plan to monitor and hold bipartisan hearings on these horrific incidents and work together to make the necessary reforms to ensure this never happens again.” The statement said
12:33
Democrats will take control of the White House and Congress, leaving many wealthy Americans in the lurch: higher taxes may be in the works.
President-elect Joe Biden campaigned on a promise to raise taxes, targeting businesses and individuals who earn more than $400,000 a year. The Democrats’ victory this week in the Georgia Senate runoff gives the party a slim majority in both houses of Congress and the ability to keep at least some of those promises.
The question that has left wealthy Americans and their advisers in a stalemate is which proposals will pass and when they will be implemented. Biden and Congress could make the tax hike take effect in early 2021 or delay any changes until 2022 or 2023.
11:56
House Majority Whip: Investigate how intruders found my office
In an interview with the SiriusXM radio show on Friday (8), House Majority Whip James Clyburn, a Democrat, said he will seek an investigation into how the person who stormed Congress knew where his office was located.
He said, “My office, if you don’t know where it is, you don’t just happen to find it. The place that has my name on the door, that office is on Statuary Hall, but they didn’t touch that door. They went into the other room where I do most of my work, showed up there and harassed my staff.”
He believes that “other things happened” at the Capitol that day, and that “something unexpected happened that requires an extensive investigation.”
11:39
Legal expert: Impeachment over rhetoric would fragment the Constitution
On Saturday (9), George Washington University Law School law professor (Jonathan Turley) tweeted, “While I strongly criticize President (Trump) for his rhetoric, he has never actually called for violence or riots. In fact, he clearly told his followers to ‘make your ‘voices’ heard peacefully and patriotically. Such marches are common at both the federal and state capitols.”
He also said that if a precedent were set for “impeachment” of speech protected by the First Amendment, the damage would be far worse than the violence at the Capitol, which would tear the Constitution apart.
11:27
Seattle Police Investigate Officer’s Involvement in Storming Congress
Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz said in a statement released Friday night (Jan. 8) that at least two officers from the department are currently on administrative leave and are being investigated for their involvement in the Capitol riots, CNN reported.
The statement reads, “Today, the Seattle Police Department was informed that at least two officers from the department traveled to Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. While our department fully supports all legitimate expressions of First Amendment freedom of speech, the violent mob incident at the U.S. Capitol was illegal and resulted in the death of one police officer.”
“This incident has been referred to the Office of Police Accountability for a full review of any activities of Seattle Police Department employees at the Capitol.”
11:16
Senator Daines: Continue to support Trump
On Friday, Montana Republican Sen. Steve Daines rejected calls for President Trump to step down and said he continues to support the president in the wake of Wednesday’s incident at the Capitol.
In an interview with the Associated Press, he said, “It’s time to cool it down.”
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