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Calls for an impeachment against Trump are growing stronger, also in the ranks of the Republicans. The Transport Minister resigned as the first member of the cabinet.
Donald Trump’s fight against the US presidential election result he lost appears to be over: Congress has confirmed Joe Biden’s victory despite a storm of supporters for the incumbent president in the parliamentary seat. Trump then announced that he would no longer oppose the transfer of official business on January 20. Due to his responsibility for the events in the Capitol with four dead, the calls for impeachment to the outgoing president increase.
The outgoing president had once again fueled the mood of his supporters with unsubstantiated allegations of massive voter fraud in a performance on Wednesday. Then, at his request, they moved to the Capitol and stormed the poorly secured parliamentary seat. The two houses of parliament were in the process of officially confirming the outcome of the elections. The meeting had to be interrupted for several hours, MPs were brought to safety, and they were unable to seal Biden’s election victory until Thursday night.
At least 14 injured
According to the police, four people died during the attack on the Capitol. After Trump supporters stormed, a woman was shot by a police officer in the US Capitol and died shortly after, as the US capital’s police chief Robert Contee said. The police officer was temporarily relieved of his duties in accordance with the requirements.
“Additionally, three more deaths were reported today in the Capitol area,” he said. “An adult woman and two adult men appear to have suffered different medical emergencies that resulted in their death.” At least 14 policemen were injured in the clashes, two of them seriously. Two tube bombs discovered in Washington on Wednesday were dangerous explosive devices, according to police.
“Domestic terrorism”
The mayor of the US capital, Muriel Bowser, called the forced storming of the Capitol a clear case of “internal terrorism” and called for Trump to be held accountable for the “unprecedented attack on our democracy.” Washington police arrested 68 people over the course of the night and supported the United States Capitol police force, he said.
The videos and photos showed Trump supporters trespassing on Capitol Police, smashing doors and windows, and posing for photographs in the boardroom and at MPs. Only after a few hours were they pushed out of the building by a large number of security forces. They left offices that were partially devastated. The FBI is now collecting photos and videos of the Capitol through a website.
President block on social media
The unprecedented chaos in Washington marked the dramatic end of a Trump campaign against the election result. The Republican had lost the elections in early November by a clear margin to his Democratic challenger Biden. Trump refused to admit defeat, claiming that massive electoral fraud had robbed him of a clear victory. However, neither he nor his lawyers provided solid evidence. Dozens of lawsuits from Trump’s camp have been thrown out of court.
Trump’s readiness for an orderly transfer of power was announced Thursday by his confidant Dan Scavino on Twitter. The president himself was temporarily banned from the short message service after expressing his sympathy for the Capitol attackers in a video: “We love you. You are very special.” He later wrote in another tweet that such “things and events” simply happened when “a landslide victory” was stolen. “Remember this day forever!” He pressed. Twitter blocked the posts and banned Trump’s account for at least twelve hours. The lock won’t be lifted until you delete the video and subsequent tweet. Facebook blocked Trump’s accounts on the online network and Instagram photo platform until further notice, and at least until handover to Biden, as announced by company boss Mark Zuckerberg.
Biden: “climax” of Trump’s “contempt” for democracy
On Thursday, Biden again took a position on what was happening on Capitol Hill. The violent storm in the Capitol was a consequence of Trump’s ongoing attacks on democracy. In his four-year tenure in office, the incumbent president made his “contempt” for democracy in the United States very clear, Biden said Thursday in Wilmington, Delaware.
“From the beginning he carried out a complete attack on the institutions of our democracy,” Biden said, referring to Republican Trump. The incidents on Wednesday were “the culmination of this relentless attack,” he said. Biden called Trump supporters, who stormed the Capitol immediately after a Republican speech, “domestic terrorists.” He called the violent storm on Capitol Hill “one of the darkest days in American history.” The mob tried to “silence” the voices of nearly 160 million Americans who voted despite the pandemic, Biden said. It was an “unprecedented attack on our democracy,” he said.
Will there be a political trial?
Following Trump’s behavior, calls for new impeachment proceedings against the outgoing president are increasing. Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar announced on Twitter that she was already preparing articles to press charges. In addition, the US media reported that several members of the Trump administration cabinet had discussed the possibility of removing Trump from office with the help of the 25th Amendment to the Constitution. “What happened yesterday on the US Capitol was an uprising against the United States, incited by the president,” Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer said Thursday. “This president should not stay in office another day.”
The leader in the House of Representatives, Democrat Nancy Pelosi, confirmed this Thursday that her party was ready to begin an impeachment process. Every day that Trump remains in office (Biden will be sworn in on January 20) has the potential to become a “horror show” for Americans.
Adam Kinzinger, who recently repeatedly criticized Trump, was the first Republican MP to call for the president to be removed from office using the 25th amendment to the constitution. The cabinet and the vice president would have to act now to end “this nightmare.” Instead of protecting the United States, Trump incited violence, he said. “The president caused it.”
Several Republicans accused Trump of instigating the violence. His former chief of staff Mick Mulvaney resigned as Northern Ireland’s appointee on Thursday in protest. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, who is also the wife of powerful Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, was the first member of the government to do the same. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin condemned the assault on the Capitol.
(APA / dpa / Reuters)
