- Biden’s victory affirmed, Trump says transition will be peaceful as disarray ensues from mob wreckage.
- Biden introduces his attorney general pick, Merrick Garland, saying he will be ‘the people’s lawyer’ not the president’s.
- Elaine Chao, Trump’s transportation secretary, resigns along with other officials.
- The House sergeant-at-arms resigns and Schumer says he’ll fire the Senate sergeant-at-arms if needed.
- Biden to pick Gina Raimondo for commerce secretary and Martin Walsh for labor secretary.
- The events of the last two days have changed Biden’s presidency in profound and unpredictable ways.
- Charges against rioters in the Capitol may come as soon as today.
- 5,000 more National Guard troops are heading to D.C.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/07/us/electoral-vote
Senator Lindsey Graham said Donald Trump’s
presidency was “tarnished by yesterday,” when a pro-Trump mob stormed the US
Capitol.
“Anyone in
charge of defending the Capitol failed in their duties,” the Republican senator
said, adding that those leaders would be court-martialed if they were in the
military.
“The first
thing that has to happen is to hold those accountable for failing to defend the
nation’s Capitol while the Congress was in session,” Graham said.
Graham
called for the formation of a task force to determine how these “domestic
terrorists” were able to gain access to the Capitol.
“How could
that happen 20 years after 9/11?” Graham asked. “It is mind-boggling that such
an event could occur.”
But when
addressing calls for Trump to be removed from office by invoking the 25th
Amendment, Graham said, “I do not believe that is appropriate at this point.
I’m looking for a peaceful transfer of power.”
Graham’s
comments came moments after Nancy Pelosi said the House was prepared to impeach
Trump again if he is not removed from office.
46m ago
19:35
Nancy Pelosi is calling for the resignation of the
chief of the Capitol Police, Steven Sund, and noted the House sergeant of arms,
Paul Irving, has already resigned.
The
Democratic speaker applauded the brave actions of many Capitol Police officers,
but she said there was a “failure of leadership” at the top of the agency.
Pelosi also
revealed that Sund has not called her since yesterday, when a pro-Trump mob
stormed the Capitol, forcing lawmakers to evacuate.
55m ago
19:26
Nancy Pelosi lambasted Donald Trump as “a very
dangerous person who should not continue in office,” even if his term will end
in two weeks anyway.
“This is
urgent. This is emergency of the highest magnitude,” the Democratic speaker
said at her press conference.
Pelosi
noted that since the violence at the Capitol yesterday, she has received many
text messages urging her to “impeach, impeach, impeach.”
“The
president must held accountable again,” Pelosi said.
Pelosi says House is prepared to impeach Trump
again
Joe Biden
is now introducing his nominees to lead the department of justice, but Nancy
Pelosi has just made major news over on Capitol Hill.
The
Democratic speaker echoed Chuck Schumer’s call for Donald Trump to be removed
from office using the 25th amendment, adding that the House was otherwise
prepared to impeach the president (again).
“I join the
Senate Democratic leader in calling on the vice-president to remove this
president by immediately invoking the 25th amendment,” Pelosi said at her press
conference.
She added,
“If the vice-president and cabinet do not act, the Congress may be prepared to
move forward with impeachment.”
The House
impeached Trump in December of last year over the Ukraine controversy, but the
Republican-controlled Senate acquitted the president, so he was allowed to
remain in office.
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