1/14/2021

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The National Guard is ramping up its presence in Washington, DC, ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration following the Capitol siege on January 6. 

There will be more US troops in DC for Biden's inauguration than in Iraq and Afghanistan combined, a stark reminder of the danger of homegrown extremism


Jan. 13 - ..."There will be at least 10,000 National Guard troops in Washington, DC, by Saturday to bump up security ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's January 20 inauguration. Comparatively, as of January 15 there will be roughly 2,500 US troops in Afghanistan and Iraq respectively (about 5,000 total).

There are currently 6,200 National Guard troops in Washington, and National Guard Bureau chief Gen. Daniel Hokanson said he has authorization to deploy as many as 15,000 troops to DC for inauguration. There are major concerns about security for inauguration following the pro-Trump Capitol siege on January 6, which led to five deaths and sent shockwaves through the nation"...     more details
JANUARY 13, 2021 | PART OF U.S. HOUSE IMPEACHES PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR SECOND TIME, 232-197
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JANUARY 13, 2021
Speaker Pelosi Remarks at Impeachment Article Engrossment Ceremony
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) delivered brief remarks at an engrossment ceremony following debate and a vote on an article of impeachment against President Trump. The Speaker said “the House demonstrated that no one is above the law, not even the president of the United States.” 
How Trump's second impeachment could define Republican party

Jan. 14 - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she is “heartbroken” over what the second impeachment of President Trump means for the country. NBC News’ Sahil Kapur explains how Trump’s second impeachment could change the course of the Republican party's future.  click for video


Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Charles E. Schumer have to navigate slim majorities to pass another aid package.

Biden preps coronavirus ‘rescue’ plan, with ‘recovery’ bill to follow
Democratic leaders face 60-vote Senate hurdle, with Republicans wary of additional deficit spending

Jan. 13 - President-elect Joe Biden has settled on a two-step strategy for moving his policy agenda through Congress this year, beginning with a COVID-19 rescue package he'll unveil Thursday night and continuing later this year with what's likely to be a more partisan economic recovery measure.

Biden is hoping to gain Republican support for what Democrats are billing their rescue plan, which is aimed at addressing the immediate effects of the pandemic and its associated economic impacts. The plan has components to address vaccine distribution, aid to households and assistance to communities, according to several people familiar with the plan who were not authorized to speak publicly.

Biden's transition team announced Wednesday that Biden will deliver remarks from Wilmington, Del., at 7:15 p.m. Thursday to outline his rescue package “to fund vaccinations and provide immediate, direct relief to working families and communities bearing the brunt of this crisis and call on both parties in Congress to move his proposals quickly.”     continue to read
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JANUARY 12, 2021 | PART OF HOUSE ADOPTS RULE FOR CONSIDERATION OF IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT TRUMP
House Rules Considers Impeachment Resolution Against President Trump, Part 2
The House Rules Committee debates impeachment resolution against President Trump following the attack on the U.S. capitol January 6, 2021.
In a written response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Vice-President Mike Pence has stated he will not remove Donald Trump from office via the 25th amendment.
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Christopher Stanton Georgia, an insurrectionist who participated in the riot of pro-Trump supporters on the U.S. Capitol last Wednesday killed himself suicide over the weekend. In this January 6, 2021 photo, Trump supporters gather in the nation's capital to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory over President Trump in the 2020 election.
Georgia Man Arrested in Pro-Trump Capitol Riot Dies by Suicide


Jan 13 - Christopher Stanton Georgia, a man from the state of Georgia who was recently arrested for participating in last Wednesday's insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, died on Saturday by suicide after a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest.

Georgia had been charged with "entering certain property, that is, the United States Capitol Grounds, against the will of the United States Capitol Police" past the set Washington D.C. curfew of 6 p.m. local time. He was arrested with three other men in his group.

Georgia was just one of 70 of the arrestees who have been charged for their role in last Wednesday's riot when supporters of Donald Trump raided the Capitol to overturn the results of the November 2020 presidential election. Acting U.S. Attorney Michael Sherwin has promised "hundreds" more arrests are forthcoming.     continue to read
JANUARY 12, 2021
Senator Schumer News Conference in New York
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called on Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to have the Senate quickly reconvene to vote on the impeachment resolution against President Trump, should it pass the House of Representatives in the next couple of days. Sen. Schumer said a 2004 law allows the majority and minority leaders, by themselves, to agree to reconvene the Senate in an emergency situation, rather than by having to reach a unanimous consent agreement among all senators, which Sen. McConnell said was required. Sen. Schumer also called on the FBI and TSA to add individuals to the no-fly list who participated in the attack on the U.S. Capitol the previous week. Additionally, the minority leader condemned President Trump for his comments earlier in the day in which he assumed no responsibility for his part in inciting the riot and instead blamed others. The news conference held on the streets of New York City was temporarily interrupted by a protester. 
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1/12/2021

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Biden Receives Second Covid Vaccine Dose | NBC News NOW
Jan 12, 2021
Biden urges mask wearing after receiving second vaccine dose

Biden receives second dose of coronavirus vaccine on camera


Jan. 11, (CNN) - Joe Biden on Monday received the second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine on camera, as part of an effort by the President-elect's incoming administration to reassure the country of the safety of the vaccines.


Biden was administered the shot in his left arm by Ric Cuming, chief nurse executive at ChristianaCare's Christiana Hospital in Newark, Delaware, according to Biden's transition team.

The President-elect said he would be announcing his plan to "get the entire Covid operation up and running," including the necessary costs, on Thursday. Biden said he had a meeting with members of his team later Monday afternoon.

Biden said he was "not afraid of taking the oath outside," and that his team has been getting briefed, when asked if he had any fears about taking the oath of office at the US Capitol, which was stormed and breached by supporters of President Donald Trump last week.

"I think it's critically important that there be a real, serious focus on holding those folks who engaged in sedition and threatened people's lives, defaced public property, caused great damage, that they be held accountable," Biden said.     continue to read



House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday
Live updates: Trump impeachment and 25th Amendment resolutions to get House vote
House Democrats will proceed with Trump's impeachment for "incitement of insurrection" if Pence doesn't agree to invoke the 25th Amendment.


Jan. 12 - House Democrats introduced one article of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Monday for "incitement of insurrection" for urging his supporters to march on the Capitol last Wednesday.

The House will vote on the impeachment measure Wednesday morning after considering legislation Tuesday night that calls on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office before Jan. 20. The planned votes come after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told Democrats that the chamber would proceed with Trump's impeachment if Pence doesn't agree to the 25th Amendment process.

Majority Whip Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., said the House could delay sending impeachment articles to the Senate until after Joe Biden's first 100 days in office to allow the president-elect to get his agenda off and running, including Covid-19 relief legislation and the confirmation of his Cabinet officials.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said the soonest his chamber could receive impeachment articles would be the eve of Biden's inauguration unless senators give unanimous consent to doing so earlier.     continue to read

House Democrats plan to vote Wednesday to impeach Trump

Jan. 12, (CNN) - House Democrats plan to vote Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told Democrats on a caucus call Monday, setting up an impeachment vote one week after rioters incited by Trump overran Capitol police and breached some of the most secure areas of the US Capitol.

The House will vote Tuesday evening on a resolution urging Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from power, and then plan to vote Wednesday at 9 a.m. ET on the impeachment resolution, Hoyer said.

Democrats formally introduced their impeachment resolution Monday, charging Trump with "incitement of insurrection" as they race toward making him the first president in history to be impeached twice. Wednesday's vote underscores Democrats' fury toward Trump and his supporters after months of false rhetoric about the election being stolen whipped the President's most ardent followers into a deadly mob Wednesday that ransacked the Capitol, forced lawmakers to evacuate both the House and Senate -- and could have been worse.


The single impeachment article, which was introduced when the House gaveled into a brief pro-forma session Monday, points to Trump's repeated false claims that he won the election and his speech to the crowd on January 6 before the rioters breached the Capitol. It also cited Trump's call with the Georgia Republican secretary of state where the President urged him to "find" enough votes for Trump to win the state.     continue to read
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White House News (白宮消息) | Jan. 10, 2021

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Supporters of President Donald Trump break into the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee/Getty Images
Rep. Horsford calls on Republican leaders to condemn Nye County GOP chairman's letter

Jan. 10, LAS VEGAS (FOX5) -- Nevada Representative Steven Horsford on Sunday responded to a letter from the Nye County GOP chairman claiming "Trump will be president for another four years."

In the letter, published Jan. 8, Nye County GOP Chairman Chris Zimmerman claims President Donald Trump did not concede. He refers to multiple unfounded conspiracy theories and claims those inside the U.S. Capitol building on Wednesday were "Antifa," rather than Trump's followers.

Zimmerman listed several events he expected to happen prior to President-Elect Joe Biden's inauguration, including to expect Trump to be inaugurated on Jan. 20. "It’s 1776 all over again!" he wrote at the letter's end.


Rep. Horsford published the following statement on Twitter:
As representative of #NV04, where Nye County is, I have news for the Chairman. It’s not 1776 and the failed attempt of a coup involving some Republicans is sedition against the will of the people and our democracy. Any suggestion otherwise is a refusal to accept reality.

Zimmerman, your seditious letter is now being publicized—suggesting the President-elect will not be inaugurated. This effort to intentionally stoke division and incite criminal acts against our government must be rejected and condemned by everyone who believes in our democracy.

To date, the failed coup on Jan 6th resulted in 6 deaths, including 2 US Capitol Police Officers. I’m calling on my Republican colleagues to condemn Zimmerman’s letter, affirm the election results, and reject any and all forms of insurrection against our federal government.


Zimmerman, your letter is not patriotism and it must be removed. Every Republican in Nevada needs to condemn these lies and this assault on America. President-designate @JoeBiden and Vice President-desig

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Chris Christie slams Trump for baseless election ‘fraud’ claims
Though the former governor of New Jersey is a known Trump ally, even he's criticizing the president's latest actions

Jan. 10 - Possibly outgoing President Trump has drawn criticism throughout his presidency over his words and actions, but now it’s coming from those who have shown support for him in the past. On Tuesday night, Trump declared he won the election despite millions of votes that have yet to be counted. While on the air doing election coverage for ABC News last night, Chris Christie, the former governor of New Jersey says the president made a “bad strategic decision,” as recounted by People.

“There’s just no basis to make that argument tonight. There just isn’t,” Christie said.  “All these votes have to be counted that are in now. Tonight, this was not the time to make this argument.”     continue to read

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Sasse says Trump was 'delighted' and 'excited' by reports of Capitol riot

Jan. 8 - Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) said Friday that he heard from senior White House officials that President Trump was "delighted" to hear that his supporters were breaking into the Capitol building in a riot Wednesday that turned deadly.


“As this was unfolding on television, Donald Trump was walking around the White House confused about why other people on his team weren’t as excited as he was as you had rioters pushing against Capitol Police trying to get into the building,” Sasse told conservative talk show host Hugh Hewitt in an interview. “That was happening. He was delighted.”

“I’m sure you’ve also had conversations with other senior White House officials, as I have,” Sasse told Hewitt.

The Nebraska Republican, who has at times been more critical of Trump than many of his GOP colleagues, did not name which officials said Trump was delighted.

On Thursday night, more than 24 hours after the attack on the Capitol, Trump condemned the riot in a video message.

When asked by Hewitt if Trump should be removed from office before his term ends on Jan. 20, Sasse said he first wanted to know why the National Guard wasn’t sent in to handle the riot.

At least five people have died as a result of the attack on the Capitol.

Sasse has pushed back on Trump's unsubstantiated claims of a "rigged" election and widespread voter fraud. He's also said Trump's repeated remarks on the matter played a role in sparking Wednesday's mob violence at the Capitol.

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White House News (白宮消息) | Jan. 8, 2021

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JANUARY 7, 2021
White House Statement on Breaching of Capitol
Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany addressed the security breach at the U.S. Capitol in a statement from the White House. She said the administration condemned violence in the “strongest possible terms.” Ms. McEnany also said the administration was working to ensure a peaceful transition of power. 
JANUARY 7, 2021
House Speaker Pelosi Briefing on Capitol Security Breach
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) held a press briefing a day after a crowd of people breached security at the U.S. Capitol. She called on Vice President Pence to use the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office saying he, “incited an armed insurrection against America.” She also said the House was prepared to begin impeachment proceedings. The speaker went on to call for the resignation of the chief of the capitol police, and spoke about security concerns related to President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. 




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Trump’s own lawyer says the president used him to ‘perpetrate a crime’

Jan. 7 - One of President Donald Trump's own lawyers is confessing that he was used in aiding a crime. Law360 reported Thursday that Jerome M. Marcus of Marcus & Auerbach LLC, who represented Trump in the Philadelphia lawsuits challenging the 2020 election results, now wants to withdraw from the case.

On Thursday, Marcus told the federal court "he wanted to withdraw from the now-dormant case, claiming he was used to 'perpetuate a crime.'"

His motion to withdraw comes after armed insurrectionists breached the U.S. Capitol in violence that ultimately led to the deaths of 4 people and injured dozens of police officers.

"The undersigned respectfully requests leave of this court to withdraw as counsel ... inasmuch as the client has used the lawyer's services to perpetrate a crime and the client insists upon taking action that the lawyer considers repugnant and with which the lawyer has a fundamental disagreement," the motion explained.

Trump along with his son Donald Trump Jr. and lawyer Rudy Giuliani fired up a rally crowd on Wednesday, calling for a "trial by combat." When the president addressed the crowd, he told them that the election was "stolen" from them and that he would join them in a march up the street to the Capitol. Trump never did join them, but the march continued anyway.

Read the full report at Law360.

PBS NewsHour full episode, Jan. 7, 2020
Jan 8, 2021
Thursday on the NewsHour, the nation begins the process of recovery after a violent pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol, calls to remove President Trump from office grow among lawmakers, the breach at the Capitol prompts demands for answers about security, and a look at the tactics used by law enforcement at the Capitol and those often employed during peaceful racial justice protests.
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