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Four dead, 13 injured and 52 arrested. These are the figures, still provisional, that summarize what happened on Wednesday, January 6 to Washington, when a group of supporters of Donald trump broke into Capitol Hill. A attack on democracy Unprecedented in history, it turned the United States Congress into a battlefield on the day it was supposed to ratify Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in the White House. Washington Police Chief Robert Contee said during a news conference that of the 52 arrested, 4 were arrested for possession of weapons, one for possession of a prohibited weapon, 47 for violation of the curfew and illegal entry into Congress. . .
After a suspension of a few hours, the joint session for the certification of the votes of Joe Biden was resumed: opening the new session, the President of Congress Mike pence strongly condemned the attack by Trump supporters: “You haven’t won, violence never wins“He said walking away from what happened. But the mogul kept phoning senators to ask them to go ahead with filing objections to Biden’s certification of victory, but the Senate is gradually rejecting them. Trump’s Deputy National Security Advisor Matt Pottinger I quit And Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser said so state of emergency in the American capital for 15 days, or until January 21, the day after Joe Biden was sworn in, also confirming the curfew.
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– 8.30 am senator and deputy deputy request recourse to amendment 25 – Washington Democratic Sen. Patty Murray and Pennsylvania Democratic Congresswoman Madeleine Dean have called for the 25th Amendment to be used to remove Donald Trump from office as president of the United States before January 20, the expected day of the inauguration of Joe Biden.
– 7.25 Nevada Objection Dismissed – Vice President Mike Pence rejected the objection to Nevada’s certification of electoral votes due to the absence of a senator’s signature, necessary to suspend the joint session and allow the two Houses to debate the motion separately before the resumption of the elections. plenary papers. . In fact, the objection bore the sole signature of Nevada Republican Congressman Mo Brooks, determined to “protect the legal votes of Nevada and all other American citizens.” Brooks himself noted, however, that “unfortunately” no senator joined in his efforts.
– 7.24 Senator Graham Also Fires Trump – Senator Gop Lindsey Graham rejected the idea of establishing a commission to review the 2020 elections, calling Joe Biden the “rightful president of the United States.” Graham, a Republican from South Carolina and a longtime ally of President Donald Trump, called the election delay “an extraordinarily bad idea” and called himself out saying, “Don’t count on me, when it’s too much, it’s too “.
– 7.10 Rejection of Pennsylvania and Missouri Objection – The United States Senate quickly dismissed the objection to Joe Biden’s victory in Pennsylvania raised by Republican Representative Scott Perry of Pennsylvania and Republican Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri.
– 7.05 Fbi investigates assault on Congress – The FBI is helping Washington police identify those who “instigated the violence.” A dedicated phone line is available for those with information, photos and videos. The fact that many of the protesters were not wearing masks could make identification easier.
– 6:20 Clinton: “Assault resulting from 4 years of poisoned politics” – Former US President Bill Clinton said the assault on the US Capitol was fueled by four years of “poison policies” and sparked by President Donald Trump. Clinton said in a statement Wednesday night that the uprising was the result of a combination of deliberate misinformation that generated mistrust in the system and pits Americans against each other. “The fuse was lit by Donald Trump and his most ardent facilitators, including many in Congress, to reverse the results of an election he lost,” Clinton said.
– 6.00 Georgia objection withdrawn – The objection to the results of the US elections in Georgia for alleged fraud was withdrawn. This was announced by Vice President Mike Pence, arguing that the objection cannot “be taken into consideration.” The announcement was met with loud applause.
– 5.00 Chamber rejects the first republican objections – Even the House, as expected, rejected the motion of some Republicans to contest the votes of the Arizona constituency, but the yeses (all of the Grand Old Party) were 122, just under 140 expected (out of a total of 211) before. violent protests by pro-Trump protesters in Congress. This means that the majority of the party continues to share allegations of fraud or illegitimate elections.
– 2.40 Facebook also blocks Trump’s account – Facebook blocked Donald Trump for 24 hours. Mark Zuckerberg, according to the reconstructions of Axios, would have described the situation in Washington as “emergency” and, in an email to employees, assured that other measures were being considered to keep people safe.
– 1.15 Twitter blocks Trump’s account – Twitter blocked Donald Trump’s account for 12 hours. The company communicates this by explaining that more violations of Twitter policies, including those on violent threats, will result in a permanent suspension of the account. In the last few hours, for the first time, the social network had canceled some of Donald Trump’s latest tweets, including the recorded video in which he invited protesters to go home while he continued to denounce electoral fraud.
– 1.05 Bush: “Banana Republic Uprising” – Former Republican President George W. Bush condemns the “insurrection” in Congress worthy – he says – of a “Banana Republic.”
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