Published by CNN hours ahead of the article’s scheduled unveiling on Monday, the charges accuse Trump of violating his “constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States” by allegedly “inciting violence against the Government” last Wednesday. The document excoriates Trump for “reiterat[ing] false claims that …
Read More »What happened at the Capitol was bad. But the Democrats’ rhetoric of ‘sedition’ and ‘insurrection’ is paranoid and authoritarian
Come on, guys and gals, chill out USA. Calm down, calm down. You say you want to heal. Okay. The first thing y’all need to do is dial down the rhetoric. A coup attempt, an insurrection, sedition – whatever wonderfully evocative term you care to reach for – is not …
Read More »House Democrats leak draft of Trump IMPEACHMENT for ‘inciting insurrection’
A four-page draft of the impeachment resolution, published by CNN on Friday afternoon, accuses Trump of “incitement of insurrection” over Wednesday’s events, when a crowd of his supporters broke through the police barriers and entered the Capitol as the joint session of Congress met to certify the election results. In …
Read More »Trump ‘fuels insurrection’ & must be BANNED from social media, says Michelle Obama amid US press chorus calling for censorship
The ex-FLOTUS issued a lengthy statement on Thursday – some 24 hours after a crowd of rowdy Trump supporters forced their way into the US Capitol to protest the results of the 2020 election – blaming the president for the disturbance, which she said “desecrated the center of American government.” …
Read More »Capitol rioters may be charged with sedition & insurrection, all options ‘on the table’ says Justice Department
Michael Sherwin, acting US attorney for the District of Columbia, said Thursday that the DOJ has already charged 40 cases in the DC Superior Court, and will bring 15 more people up on federal charges later in the day. The charges so far include “unauthorized access and theft of property” …
Read More »‘It’s not protest, it’s insurrection’: Biden tells Trump to ‘demand end to siege’ on Capitol
Saying the scenes at the Capitol on Wednesday bordered on “sedition,” Biden urged the president to “go on national television now, to fulfill his oath and defend the Constitution, and demand an end to this siege” in an address shortly before Trump took to Twitter with a video of his own. …
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