While the event has led to some consequences for the rioters, the insurrection has had a huge impact on U.S. body politics.“Democracy is an act of trust,” said Joseph Williams, senior managing editor for the civil rights nonprofit Color of Change. “But now, that trust is...
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Other ongoing cases include a Georgia election interference probe and two federal investigations into his role in the 6 January insurrection in the US Capitol. Read more: What has happened with Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram pages? Mike Pence won't commit to supporting Trump in 2024 This...
Question 5: What does this mean for the future? First, he will be able to appoint a new attorney general who will fire Special Counsel Jack Smith and dismiss the criminal charges against Trump for the January 6 insurrection and stealing government documents. ...
But there was, of course, little pushback against any of Trump’s falsehoods. These included that the January 6 insurrectionists were “ushered in by the police” to the Capitol, that Nancy Pelosi turned down the National Guard on that day, that January 6 was the day of the “lowest ta...
Other topics in this wide-ranging discussion include the Jan. 6 insurrection, the importance of rational arguments, the virtue of rational persuasion, the role of passion in the world and the critical need to do something meaningful in life. ...
On 1 July 2024, the US Supreme Court sent Trump's claim he is immune from prosecution for his actions while presidentback to a lower court. This relates to the 6 January case, where while still president he encouraged his supporters to gather at Congress to oppose the approval of Mr...
ThisPoliticofeaturefrom earlier this year dives into Wiles’s upbringing and even her psyche—what drove her to return to Trump. Asked why the Jan. 6 insurrection wasn’t a breaking point for her, she said “I didn’t love it,” but “I didn’t think he...
But when the January 6 insurrectionists attacked the nation’s most sacred monument, Trump waited more than three hours before he reluctantly recorded a video message to the violent mob who tried to stop our democracy. “We love you. You’re very special,” Trump told the attackers. “I ...
Trump also has said he plans to swiftly pardon people who were convicted for their roles in the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol.CNN previously reportedthe president-elect’s team has drafted a slate of January 6-related pardons that Trump plans to issue on his first day. ...