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After what happened on Capitol Hill, Bill Belichick refuses to receive the presidential medal awarded by Trump

The opinion Sports After the incidents that occurred last week on Capitol Hill, Bill Belichick decided to decline the invitation. US President Donald J. Trump with New England Patriots coach , Bill Belichick and elements of the New England Patriots in the White House. Photo: Getty Images Although the New England Patriots did not qualify to the NFL playoffs, for the first time in 12 seasons, his prominence and continued presence in force when it is known that the Republican president Donald Trump planned to award the Medal Presidencial de la Libertad to his head coach Bill Belichick , who has declined the invitation. Due to the tense political situation , after the violent incidents on the Capitol, and the possible impeachment of the still US president, the c...

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FBI warns of armed protests in 50 states over possible Trump impeachment

The FBI fears violent acts on 17 from January. Photo: Samuel Corum / Getty Images The FBI issued an alert on armed protests in 50 states and the city of Washington in the days leading up to the inauguration ceremony of the president-elect Joe Biden . In particular there is a warning for a mobilization to the capital of the country on 16 , for a concentration on 17 in the Capitol, attacked last week by a mob sympathetic to the president Donald Trump . "He The FBI received information about an identified armed group intending to travel to Washington, DC on 16 January ”, according to a report by ABC News. The agency indicates that the threat occurs before the proposal in Congress to begin impeachment of President Trump , who will be charged with “inciting insurrection” on Ja...

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Congress to accuse Trump of “incitement to insurrection” for his impeachment

The Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi. Photo: Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images The President Donald Trump the charge of "incitement to insurrection" in the impeachment process that will begin in the House of Representatives. "President Trump seriously endangered the security of the United States and its institutions of government" , says the draft of the four-page document. The information was disclosed by The Associated Press which indicates that the bill includes arguments with false statements by the president about his electoral defeat on November 3, in addition to his pressure on Georgia state officials to "find" more votes in their favor. A key element is President Trump's speech to his supporters in front of the White House on January 6, where would have encourag...

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Protesters for and against Trump clash in San Diego

The opinion California Both groups faced each other and the Police on a popular beach in the city last Saturday Officers of the San Diego Police Department at a demonstration for the death of George Floyd. Photo: ARIANA DREHSLER / AFP / Getty Images By: EFE 20 from January 2021 Protesters for and against President Donald Trump clashed with each other and with police officers in Pacific Beach, San Diego and at least three were arrested for refusing to leave the venue after the meeting was declared illegal "due to acts of violence." With the takeover of Congress in Washington by Trump supporters this Wednesday still fresh in memory, Trump supporters participated on Saturday afternoon in a "Patriotic March" in defense of "our republic, our Constitution a...

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Democrats announce they will impeach Trump

The opinion News If Pence does not invoke the amendment 25 of the Constitution to remove President Donald Trump, will begin the legislative process in order to open an impeachment trial against Trump They assure that the President represents a threat. Photo: EFE By: EFE 19 from January 2021 The president of the House of Representatives, Democrat Nancy Pelosi, assured this Sunday that she will seek to pass a resolution in Congress tomorrow Monday to urge the vice president, Mike Pence, to invoke the amendment 25 of the Constitution to remove President Donald Trump, and that otherwise will initiate the legislative process in order to open a political trial to the president on Tuesday. “When it comes to protecting our Constitution and our Democracy, we ...

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Plan to remove Trump from office and put him on trial

Vice President Mike Pence has on the table the option of the Amendment 25. Photo: Alex Wong / Getty Images The President Donald Trump is facing two battle fronts that could block his intentions to run for the presidency on 2024. Democrats are ready to vote next week on the impeachment process against the president, confirmed the representative James E. Clyburn (South Carolina), responsible for gathering the votes of his party. "If we are the people's house, let's do the people's work and vote to impeach this president ... The Senate will decide later what to do with that impeachment" , Clyburn said on CNN. Meanwhile, the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi (California), confirmed the progress of that plan, but considered that the application of the Amendment 2...

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Vice President Mike Pence to attend Joe Biden Inauguration

Mike Pence will attend the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. Photo: Megan Varner / Getty Images Vice President Pence plans to attend the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, told NPR a source familiar with the decision. The decision comes one day after President Trump announced on Twitter that he would not attend the opening. Trump has spent weeks falsely claiming that the elections were tampered with, culminating in a violent mob of his supporters seizing the Capitol on Wednesday and caused the death of five people. The president-elect Joe Biden said Friday that welcomes President Trump deciding not to attend and that Vice President Pence “is welcome. It would be an honor to have him there. ” The decision is Pence's second high-pr...

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Eduardo Verástegui puts a photo of Donald Trump on his Twitter account

The actor and producer Eduardo Verástegui replaced his profile image on Twitter with one of the president Donald Trump as a show of support, after the social network permanently suspended the personal account of the US president. On Friday, Twitter inactivated Trump's profile due to the risk of inciting violence after the riots on Wednesday at the Capitol and after posting a video that repeated false accusations about a electoral fraud and praised the agitators. Eduardo Verástegui expresses his support for Trump on Twitter While Eduardo Verástegui , who on several occasions has been said to be a sympathizer of the US president condemned the violent events that occurred in Washington DC, considered the cancellation of Trump on the social network as an act aga...

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Michael Cohen: Former Trump Attorney Announces He Will Testify Against President

Michael Cohen, who for ten years was responsible for the personal arrangements of the President of the United States, Donald Trump , announced that he will testify against the president and his family regarding unspecified “misconduct”. “I have been asked and I have agreed to cooperate with various agencies governments to give testimony about the misconduct of Trump and his family, ”said Cohen through his Twitter account. I have been asked and have agreed to cooperate with multiple government agencies to provide testimony on the wrongdoing by # Trump and the # TrumpFamily . I am doing this in large part as # Trump and family have tried, and thankfully failed, to destroy America's democracy. - Michael Cohen (@MichaelCohen 212) January 9, 2021 “I'm doin...

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Extremists vow to return to Washington DC for Joe Biden's inauguration

Trumpo's followers entered the Capitol with violence. Photo: JIM LO SCALZO / EFE In the wake of Wednesday's violent riots on Capitol Hill, extremist Trump supporters are emboldened and vow to return to Washington DC for the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, the 20 of January, organizing and joining in online platforms. “Many of Us will return on 19 of January of 2021, bearing Our weapons, in support of the determination of Our nation, that the world will never forget! We will go in numbers that no army or police agency can match, ”wrote a popular user of Parler, the new right-wing social network, which frequently posts messages about theories. conspiracy report of QAnon and is being tracked by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). Parler, some channels of the T...

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Assault on the Capitol: the other 4 times the United States Congress was attacked

The images of protesters storming the United States Congress have caused a commotion around the world. C inco people died as a result of the attack, launched by supporters of President Donald Trump after the outgoing president was addressed them during a demonstration in Washington DC. The protesters later stormed the building to denounce what they consider to be electoral fraud of which there is no evidence and which has been rejected by judges in all the instances. The parliamentarians were meeting to formally certify the victory of Democrat Joe Biden. The president-elect called it an “insurrection” , while the Vice President Mike Pence said the violence had been a “dark day in the history of the US Capitol.” But this is not the first Once Congress, considered ...

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QAnon's “shaman” of conspiracy theories, indicted for the assault on the Capitol

A prominent supporter of QAnon's unproven conspiracy theories has been indicted for his involvement in the Washington Capitol riots. Jacob Anthony Chansley, known as Jake Angeli, is in custody and faces several charges, including trespassing and disorderly conduct. Chansley, who calls himself the shaman of QAnon, is supposedly the man pictured with the face painted and dressed in an animal skin and horns inside the building of Congress this Wednesday. The president of the United States, Donald Trump , faces his second impeachment process, or impeachment, for their role in the incidents. In the first, the Republican majority in the Senate voted against, which allowed him to remain in office. Democrats accuse Trump of having encouraged the assailants to take by force t...

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Assault on the Capitol: the difficult position Vice President Mike Pence is in

"Where is Mike Pence?" That was one of the slogans that was chanted last Wednesday among the crowd of supporters of Donald Trump who stormed the United States Capitol to show his rejection of the certification of the election of Joe Biden as the next president of that country. The current Republican vice president, who has been one of the officials most loyal to Trump , had suddenly become a traitor in the eyes of the mob. “I heard at least three of the mutineers on Capitol Hill say they hoped to find Vice President Mike Pence and execute him by hanging him from a Capitol tree as a traitor. It was a common phrase that they were repeating. Many more only spoke about how the vice president should be executed, "said the photographer Jim Bourg, of the Reuters agency, who was ...

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Trump condemns Twitter for silencing him and plans his own social network

The opinion News Trump announced that he plans to have his own platform to transmit his messages Several social networks deactivated Trump's accounts. Photo: Pexels By: EFE 12 from January 2021 WASHINGTON - Outgoing President Donald Trump on Friday condemned Twitter's decision to permanently suspend his account on the social network and said he is considering creating his own platform to spread his messages without filters. “They will not silence us!”, Exclaimed Trump in a statement distributed by the White House after Twitter announced that it had permanently deprived him of his personal account on the social network, @realDonaldTrump. " I predicted this would happen. We have been negotiating with several other sites, and we will have a b...

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Request to “Hang Mike Pence” Mocked Twitter Censorship for Hours

Pence and Pelosi regain control of Congress Photo: JIM LO SCALZO / EFE Twitter allowed public calls to "hang up Vice President Mike Pence" to become a trend on its platform this morning, hours after President Donald Trump's account was permanently suspended, accusing him of inciting violence. “Why is this allowed to be a trend?” Criticized journalist Yashar Ali. “I understand that people have been tweeting it to quote some of the insurgents, but it should not be allowed to be a trend.” One screenshot displayed by Ali showed that more than 14 1,000 Twitter users had already shared the violent request at that time, he reviewed New York Post. The call against Pence originated during Wednesday's riots in Washington DC, with protesters shouting for the execution of...

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Selena Gómez and part of Hollywood explode against Donald Trump

Selena Gomez. Photo: Tibrina Hobson / Getty Images By: EFE 09 from January 2021 Anger and outrage expressed by many celebrities upon seeing the vandalism that hit the Capitol a few days ago. This assault caused many to point out and accuse Donald Trump, the president 45 of the United States , if any encouraged these extreme right-wing actions. “ The only thing that might stop this is that Donald Trump admitted his defeat in the elections ", summarized Stephen King on Twitter. A legend of music such as Stevie Wonder requested that the Amendment 25 of the Constitution to impeach Trump. " I am heartbroken and stunned that this narcissistic and dangerous president puts lives in danger and encourages violent sedition against our Government. This man can no lon...

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Video captured agony of young policeman in savage assault on Capitol during Biden's electoral certification

A new video published about the violent takeover of the National Capitol that left five people dead, shows a young police officer bloody, distraught and screaming for help as he is crushed by protesters. The unidentified young officer, who appears to be a member of the Capitol Police Department, was trapped between a riot police shield and a metal door. He is seen bleeding from his mouth as he screams in pain and asks for "Help!" The disturbing images are recorded shortly after dozens of frantic supporters of President Donald Trump stormed an entrance on the side west of the Congress Building, snatching a police riot shield and using metal to hit the line of officers fighting to push back the crowd, using pepper spray, described New York Post. A political storm has...

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Assault on the Capitol: what is known about the death of police officer Brian Sicknick in the invasion of Congress

The FBI will join the investigation into the death of police officer Brian Sicknick from injuries suffered during the march of Donald Trump supporters that ended the invasion of the Capitol Wednesday. Agent had 42 years and was injured when he “physically confronted protesters,” police said. Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen said that There will be no lack of resources for those responsible to be brought to justice. The flags flew at half mast on the Capitol this Friday as a sign of mourning. Sicknick's death was the fifth recorded in Wednesday's incidents, which have even led to the impeachment of President Trump. Ex-military Ashli ​​Babbitt was shot dead by a police officer, while three other people died after suffering unspecified medical emergencies. The chie...

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Lisa Murkowski: the first Republican senator to call for Trump's resignation

The opinion News Senator Lisa Murkoski has been critical of Trump's management but has also supported him Trump incited to "stop the theft" of the elections. Then the assault on the Capitol occurred. Photo: Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images By: EFE 20 from January 2021 WASHINGTON - Lisa Murkowski, from Alaska, became the first senator on Friday Republican in calling for the resignation of the outgoing president of the United States, Donald Trump, who is accused of having instigated the assault on the Capitol last Wednesday, which left five dead. “I want you to resign. I want it out. It's done quite a bit of damage, ”Murkowski said in an interview with the Anchorage Daily News regarding to the violent assault of Trump supporters to Congress , to ...

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Authorities found a truck full of bombs and weapons near the Capitol

The opinion News A bomb squad detected the truck with explosives and weapons as agents contained the assailants around the Capitol The National Guard patrols the Capitol, surrounded by fences and barriers. Photo: Joe Raedle / Getty Images An Alabama man allegedly parked a pickup with 11 pumps houses, an assault rifle and a pistol two blocks from the United States Capitol building on Wednesday for hours, before authorities will find out, according to federal prosecutors. The revelation released by CNN is one of the most disturbing details federal prosecutors have released this week, as details the scope of the arsenal available to assist the pro-Trump rioters who stormed the Capitol . Others have been accused of carrying weapons and ammunition to th...

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Trump to be charged with inciting insurrection in new impeachment

By: EFE 08 from January 2021 WASHINGTON - The Democratic majority in the US House of Representatives plans to accuse outgoing President Donald Trump next Monday of “inciting an insurrection”, for his role in the assault on the Capitol, which would unleash the process for a political trial that could lead to the Senate in the middle of next week, several media reported this Friday . The latest draft of the impeachment resolution, obtained by CNN, mentions a single charge against Trump , the one of the "incitement to an insurrection" , and asks to disqualify him to occupy future political charges. “Donald John Trump committed serious crimes and misdemeanors by deliberately inciting violence against (one of the branches of) the United States Government ”, i d...

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Assault on the Capitol | “It was heartbreaking to see what was happening”: the opinion of citizens in the US.

The images of the assault on the United States Capitol building on Wednesday surprised the world, even those who speculated that the departure of President Donald Trump would not be without obstacles. Although a handful of Republicans even said they were proud of what happened and for having been part of the protest, their vision represents only that of a minority. The BBC spoke with both Democrats and Republicans to obtain the opinion on the facts of ordinary citizens. These are some of their testimonies. Simon grew up or in Uganda during the civil war and became a US citizen last year. AND Master's student and parent , Simon cautions that while things can calm down, “democracy is not guaranteed.” I am outraged but not surprised. I anticipated that this w...

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Assault on Capitol Hill: The FBI's Request for Help Identifying and Arresting Congressional Raiders

The FBI is asking people to help identify and arrest those who stormed the Capitol on Wednesday. Supporters of the president Donald Trump met on Wednesday in Washington to express their frustration at the triumph of Joe Biden in the November elections due to an alleged electoral fraud of the that there is no evidence. After a speech by the president, who once again insisted on his theory of fraud, the protesters went to Congress and invaded it, vandalizing offices and stealing material. Five people died inside and outside Congress, including a police officer attacked by the mob. The assailants could be charged with various crimes such as trespassing and carrying weapons and explosive devices. They could be sentenced to many years in prison. Dozens of people have a...

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Joe Biden celebrates Donald Trump not attending his inauguration

The opinion News Biden said he would like Vice President Mike Pence to attend, out of respect for tradition and for the show of unity Biden is focused on what he will do when he is president. Photo: Mark Makela / Getty Images By: EFE 12 from January 2021 WASHINGTON - The president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden, celebrated this Friday that the outgoing president, Donald Trump, will not attend his inauguration on 20 from January, but did not go so far as to openly request his immediate dismissal, assuring that this decision "depends on Congress." During a press conference in Wilmington (Delaware), Biden welcomed the announcement of Trump , who this Friday confirmed in a tweet that he will not go to the shoot President-elect's inauguratio...

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Twitter announced that it permanently suspended Donald Trump's account

It is not usual for president accounts to be suspended on social networks. Twitter said Friday that it had permanently suspended President Trump from his service “due to the risk of further incitement to violence,” effectively cutting him off his megaphone Favorite to communicate with Americans and the world. “We have determined that these tweets violate the Glorification of Violence Policy and the user @realDonaldTrump should be permanently and immediately suspended from the service, ”said Twitter in a blog post . In the context of horrific events this week, we made it clear on Wednesday that additional violations of the Twitter Rules would potentially result in this very course of action. https://t.co/NrANZJcAfo - Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) January 8, 202...

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Trump's words accusing him of inciting the invasion of Congress

Was Donald Trump the instigator of the assault on the Capitol? Democratic leaders and some Republicans have demanded that the president answer for the assault on the Washington Capitol on Wednesday afternoon. They demand that the president be removed from office that will leave the 20 January when Joe Biden is sworn in as the new president. “What happened on the United States Capitol was an insurrection against the United States incited by the president . This president should not be in office one more day, ”Senator Chuck Schumer , the leader of the Senate Democrats, said Thursday. Members of the House Judiciary Committee also wrote a letter to Vice President Mike Pence urging him to act to impeach Trump. They accuse him of fueling an act of insurrection and "tryin...

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Nancy Pelosi asked the Department of Defense to remove Trump's nuclear codes

The opinion News There is a lot of pressure to declare Trump incompetent for office, after the attack on Congress Pelosi called for Trump to be removed from the Presidency. Photo: SHAWN THEW / EFE By: EFE 49 from January 2021 WASHINGTON - Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi announced today that it has spoken with the United States military commands to prevent the president, Donald Trump, from taking bellicose actions, including the use of nuclear weapons, in the last days of his mandate. “This morning I spoke with the Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley, and we discussed the precautions available to prevent an unstable president from launching military hostilities or from having access to the launch codes and the ord...

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Assault on the Capitol: They arrest the man who entered Pelosi's office in Congress

Richard Barnett faces multiple charges for the assault on the Capitol. Photo: JIM LO SCALZO / EFE By: EFE 08 from January 2021 WASHINGTON - The man who in the assault on the United States Congress entered and took pictures on Wednesday in the office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, was arrested this Friday in Arkansas, reported the authorities. The individual, identified as Richard Barnett , has been charged with illegal entry to a restricted building, violent entry and disorderly conduct on the Capitol and stealing public property, by the legislator's mail that he allegedly took, after posing for photographers. Newly elected Republican state legislator Derrick Evans, from West Virginia, also thickens the group of 13 alleged par...

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San Antonio Congressman Seeks No Federal Property to Bear the Name of Donald Trump; asks for resignation of Ted Cruz

The Democratic Congressman from Texas, Joaquín Castro. Photo: Office of Joaquín Castro / Courtesy TEXAS - Texas Democratic Congressman, Joaquín Castro announced in a Tweet this Thursday that he would be introducing legislation to prevent federal buildings or government property from ever being named after the president Donald Trump . “President Trump incited an insurrection that damaged a of our most significant and sacred properties, "wrote the San Antonio native. " Donald Trump must not become a Confederate symbol for generations to come. ”, he added. The Texan also said in one of his tweets that supported efforts to remove Trump from office, with a few days remaining in his term as president. Castro's announcement was published days after Trump supporters i...

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Historic move: Trump confirms he will not attend Biden's inauguration

President-elect Joe Biden and outgoing Donald Trump Photo: ANGELA WEISS, MANDEL NGAN / AFP / Getty Images Donald Trump confirmed that he will not attend the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, next 20 of January, whose electoral triumph he does not recognize. The announcement was made by the current president on his Twitter account a few minutes ago, without giving details. If he kept his word, it would be a unprecedented rudeness, since only the assassinated presidents have not attended the ceremony of delivery of command in the Modern US History News in Development To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20 th. - Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 8, 2021

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They order the arrest of still president Donald Trump … in Iraq

The opinion News It coincides with the chaos due to the violent day that took place in the Capitol Donald Trump, President of the United States. Photo: White House video capture / Courtesy By: EFE 12 from January 2021 An order of arrest against the outgoing president of U.S, Donald Trump , for the murder of a prominent militia leader of Iraq , Abu Mahdi al Mohandes , and the commander Iranian Qasem Soleimaní in Baghdad , was issued by a judge go to here of the district court of investigation Baghdad from Rufasa . In a statement, the Supreme Judicial Council of Iraq reported that the competent judge “decided to issue an arrest warrant against The President of the United States, Donald Trump (…) and will continue with the in...

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How Trump Was “Alone” and Why the Attack on the Capitol May Generate a Schism in the Republican Party

The straw that broke the camel's back, the breaking point, the red line. These are expressions that are repeated these days in United States to explain why some of the historical allies of President Donald Trump have distanced themselves or directly broken with him. From legislators of the Republican Party to members of his government, there are several figures who have said “enough already” after the events of Wednesday in Washington DC, where a mob of violent followers of the president stormed the Capitol. The unusual images of dozens of people breaking security, invading the headquarters of the United States Congress and occupying several of its rooms caused stupor and outrage in a country not used to this type of scene. Eyes quickly turned to Trump, who before the ma...

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Fear of new attacks forces to strengthen security in the capital of the United States

The opinion News With barricades around the Capitol and increased surveillance, the capital prepares for the inauguration of Joe Biden Barricades are erected behind a new fence around the Capitol after Wednesday's assault. Photo: MICHAEL REYNOLDS / EFE Law enforcement agencies in Washington DC are on high alert after the attack on the United States Capitol, perpetrated by Trump supporters in protest of the election result. CBS News learned that some of the rioters involved in Wednesday's attack have remained in the area and authorities are concerned that p They may be planning more attacks in the city and on federal buildings. Police and FBI are searching the city's airports and hotels for the rioters who looted the Capitol. More of 50 people hav...

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They launch harsh criticism of the police action during the violent assault on the Capitol

The unprecedented assaulted the United States Congress by radical followers of the president Donald Trump has generated a rain of criticism to the ruler, for having instigated him , but also to the security in charge of the custody of the Capitol. Nobody can explain how it could happen that a protest called days ago, and that Trump himself had anticipated that it would be "wild", would end up with people with flags in the corridors of Congress, taking photos or sitting in the seats of legislators after having forcibly crossed a police cordon clearly insufficient to stop a violent crowd. The president-elect , Joe Biden, whose electoral victory the congressmen were confirming then, criticized the police action on Thursday and, like many others, wondered what would have happene...

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Texas Attorney Blames Alleged “Antifa Members” for Capitol Riots

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Photo: State of Texas / Courtesy TEXAS - In a Facebook post, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said on social media that the people who rioted at the National Capitol in Washington were "members of Antifa" and not followers President Donald Trump. Paxton, who was present at the event on the National Mall and spoke shortly before that President Trump did, said that "it is confirmed" that the people who entered the Capitol "are members of Antifa", the group that in the past the President Trump lays down on him all the racial and anti-government protests. There is no evidence so far that Paxton's claim is substantiated. Paxton has been a fervent replicator of the theories put forward by the president about what he claims was the the...

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Trump education secretary resigns after violent disturbances on Capitol Hill

DeVos is the second Trump cabinet member to resign. Photo: Alex Wong / Getty Images The Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos became the second secretary of the cabinet of Donald Trump resigning after the violent uprising of Trump supporters on the US Capitol. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chay resigned also Thursday. In his resignation letter, DeVos blamed the outgoing president for exacerbating tensions in the violent assault to the seat of American democracy. "There is no doubt about the impact his rhetoric had on the situation, and for me it is the turning point," the former secretary wrote. The Wall Street Journal was the first outlet to report the resignation. DeVos had sent a letter to Congress earlier this week in which urged lawmakers to reject policies ...

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Los Angeles Lakers Announce Visiting White House When Joe Biden Assumes Presidency

By: EFE 07 from January 2021 The current NBA champions, Los Angeles Lakers, announced this Thursday that they will make the traditional visit to the White House after the president elected, Democrat Joe Biden, takes office on 20 January . The visit to the US capital will take place during the current season, said the Los Angeles entity. Since the Republican Donald Trump assumed the presidency no NBA champion team visited the White House, all in the framework of various protests against racism and police brutality in the United States that has created a gap between the current president and many of the NBA players and managers. The electoral victory of Biden over President Trump was confirmed early this Thursday , a few hours after thousands of followers of th...

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Why was it so easy for Trump supporters to break into Congress?

The ease with which Donald Trump's followers managed to enter the Capitol to interrupt the certification of the election of Joe Biden as the new president of the United States was one of the things that caused the greatest surprise inside and outside the United States. . How was it possible that a relatively small number of people raided the headquarters of the Congress of the most powerful country in the world? The answer, however, is relatively simple. The authorities simply did not use the immense force at their disposal to try to prevent it. The why , however, is already a more complicated matter. For now, what is undoubted is that although a march of The protest to the Capitol had been widely announced, and the takeover of Congress had been openly discussed by s...

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What is QAnon, the group whose members participated in the assault on the Capitol

The Q appeared in the assault on the Washington DC Capitol on Wednesday afternoon. Among the crowd that stormed the headquarters of the There were some people in the United States Congress who identified with the QAnon movement, as evidenced by photos and videos. Several prominent activists from This ideological trend were seen inside the building, while some more carried banners with the Q both inside and outside the compound. It is a group that considers President Donald Trump as a hero , even though he did not has expressed its support and has only described these activists as “people who love” their country. How was the chaotic “day of infamy” that the US lived with the violent assault on the Capitol by Trump supporters But what is QAnon and who are her ...

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Amendment 25 or 'impeachment': can Trump be removed after the violent assault on the Capitol?

Just missing 19 days for Donald Trump to officially leave the White House and start the term of Democrat Joe Biden, whose electoral victory was ratified by Congress of the United States this Thursday. But after the violent assault on the Capitol by Trump supporters, prolonged for hours and that left four dead, the Democrats of the Judicial Committee of the House of Representatives are calling that the powers of the president be removed. They wrote a letter to Vice President Mike Pence urging him to act and remove Trump from the presidency, alleging that he had committed an act of insurrection and "sought undermine ”democracy. To remove the president of the United States there are two mechanisms: the so-called impeachment - impeachment - or amendment number 25 of the Cons...

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Trump is considering whether he can “forgive” himself

Trump incited to "stop the theft" of the elections. Then came the assault on the Capitol. Photo: Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images By: EFE 07 from January 2020 NEW YORK - Outgoing President Donald Trump has recently spoken with several aides about the possibility of preemptively pardoning himself , in order to avoid possible investigations once he leaves the White House, as reported by The New York Times (NYT) on Thursday. The newspaper, which cites two anonymous sources with knowledge of the conversations, points out that Trump has drawn the issue to surface several times since his electoral defeat and has asked members of his team on the legal and political effects that the measure could have. According to the NYT, it is not clear if the president has ret...

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New York prosecutor asks to investigate “failed coup” in favor of Trump

Trump would also be considering granting preventive pardons to his children and his son-in-law. Photo: Chris Kleponis / EFE By: EFE 07 from January 2021 NEW YORK - The New York Prosecutor's Office asked Justice this Thursday to investigate the "legal guilt" of outgoing President Donald Trump for the assault on the Capitol by his followers, which he considered a "failed coup" , and warned that giving pardons "under corrupt circumstances" makes him susceptible to prosecution once he leaves office. “For months President Trump, his family and associates have fostered savage conspiracy theories that have led to these acts of terror and sedition (…). I call on the Department of Justice to immediately initiate an investigation of this attempted insurrection and to seek res...

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VIDEO: Street hot dog vendor went selling to angry Trump supporters

The opinion The Angels The man illustrated the drive and need that characterizes thousands of Hispanics on the streets of Southern California and throughout the country The demonstration occurred at City Hall in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Photo: Aurelia Ventura / Impremedia / La Opinion Among the hundreds of supporters of Donald Trump who gathered in downtown Los Angeles to demonstrate on Wednesday was an individual who was definitely not there to protest, but to earn an honest living. Images transmitted by the local FOX channel 11 briefly showed a street vendor. The Hispanic adult, with a white face mask and a cap of Los Angeles Rams , was driving his hot dog cart in front of City Hall, pushing his way through the angry protesters . Hustlin hot dogs whi...

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The Capitol Police deny that an agent died in the assault

The opinion News The Capitol Police denied what was reported by a media about the death of an agent during the assault on Congress An injured member of the Capitol Police lies on the floor. Photo: JIM LO SCALZO / EFE By: EFE 13 from January 2021 WASHIGTON - The Capitol Police denied this Thursday that one of its agents died as a result of the injuries suffered the day before during the assault by followers of the outgoing president of the United States, Donald Trump , to the headquarters of Congress, as the CNN channel had stated. “The media reports on the death of an agent of the United States Capitol Police (USCP) are not accurate. Although some agents were injured and hospitalized yesterday, no USCP agent has died ”, said this body in a statem...

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Trump recognizes the new administration and ensures focus on the transition of power

The outgoing president released the video a day after the riots in Washington. Photo: Nathan Howard / Getty Images President Donald Trump acknowledged this Thursday to the new administration and said it is focused on the transition of power . In a video broadcast on Twitter, the president referred to the riots that his followers staged a day earlier in the Capitol and said that it is a moment of "reconciliation" pic.twitter.com/csX07 ZVWGe - Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 8, 2021 Trump first admitted in his own words that the president-elect Joe Biden will take over next 20 of January , although in the almost three minutes of the clip the president did not mention the name of the Democrat : “A new administration will be inaugurated on 20 Januar...

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What is the 25th Amendment and why is it being talked about amid mounting pressure for Trump to be removed from office

Although there are a few days left until he leaves the presidency, Donald Trump's political rivals and some of his allies asked this Thursday that he be removed after the violent invasion of the Capitol by his supporters. Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer said he should be removed immediately. If not, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, also Democrat Nancy Pelosi , said that she could still be the subject of impeachment or impeachment . After the violent assault on the Capitol by Trump supporters, prolonged for hours and which left four dead, the Democrats of the Judicial Committee of the House of Representatives wrote a letter to the vice president, Mike Pence , urging him to act and remove Trump from the presidency, claiming that he had committed an act of insurrect...

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Assault on the Capitol: the worldwide reaction to the “shameful scenes” in Washington

World leaders have condemned the violent scenes in Washington after supporters of US President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol building on Wednesday. The assault forced a suspension a joint session of Congress to certify Joe Biden's electoral victory, which was subsequently certified. Many leaders called for peace and an orderly transition of power, describing what happened as "Horrifying" and an "attack on democracy." In Argentina, President Alberto Fernández expressed on Twitter his “strong support” for President-elect Joe Biden and condemned what he called “the serious acts of violence” that occurred on January 6 in Washington. We express our condemnation of the serious acts of violence and the outrage of Congress that occurred today in Washington DC. We are confid...

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Why the assault on the Capitol is not a coup but brings the US closer to fragile democracies

Was there an attempted coup in the United States? Supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol building on January 6, encouraged by himself and interrupting the certification of Joe Biden's electoral victory. "One of the darkest days in US history": condemnation of congressmen for the assault on the Capitol by Trump supporters Waving Trump flags, hundreds of people broke barriers and windows to enter the building where Congress meets. Several rioters were killed and some policemen had to be hospitalized in the confrontation. The Congress was closed. V iolent and shocking, but what happened was not a coup d'état. This Trump insurrection was an electoral violence, very similar to that which affects many fragile democracies. What is a cou...

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Assault on the Capitol | “There was a feeling that the police had lost control of the building”: the testimony of a woman who was inside the Capitol when the assault took place

“Today something bad is going to happen. I don't know what, but something bad is going to happen. ” Jamie Stiehm confessed to his sister that bad feeling before a mass of Donald Trump supporters stormed the Capitol on January 6. The intuition of this American political columnist did not fail her. This is what he saw from the press box of the US House of Representatives: Outside the Capitol Hill, I found a group of boisterous supporters of President Donald Trump, all waving flags and swearing allegiance to him. There was a feeling that a problem was brewing. I entered the House of Representatives and went up to the press box, where we were assigned our seats, observing from there the gloomy session. Amendment 25 or 'impeachment ': Can Trump be removed from...

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Olga Tañón asks those who voted for Donald Trump for explanations

After the reprehensible act of violence that took place , on Wednesday, February 6, at the United States Capitol, in Washington, many were the celebrities who came out to express themselves , share images and question yourself. One of them was Olga Tañón , and 'Wake up America' shared on their networks what the singer said: “Many who supported the president and who said that the things that happened in other countries were not going to happen here , in Venezuela and in those things, do you have the same way of thinking at this moment? What a shame! What a shame! ”, began reflecting the Tañón and being direct to the followers of Donald Trump . Then he was even more forceful and without mincing words, he assured that the Americans were destroying their own country, ...

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