Weeks on twitter telling his supporters that they needed to come to washington, d. C. On january 6th, on wednesday of this week. He was hyping that if they came to washington, there would be something they could do in washington that would result in them overturning the Election Results and keeping him in power. He promised his supporters that he would be there with them if they came to washington on january 6th, that he would be in attendance at their show of force. He promised them that it, quote, will be wild. Then when they arrived, the president told them, as they sort of mustered their forces that morning, that they must march on the capitol that day. They shouldnt just rally where they were. They should march to the capitol. They needed to show strength there. They needed to stop the stealing of the election from him by marching on the capitol. He told them they better do it now, he said, or we will have no country left. And so the mob of his supporters went down to the capitol,
President on twitter, then congratulations. Today appears to be the last day you will ever have to devote energy to that cause. Ahead of this weeks attack on the u. S. Capitol by his supporters, the president spent weeks on twitter telling his supporters that they needed to come to washington, d. C. On january 6th, on wednesday of this week. He was hyping that if they came to washington, there would be something they could do in washington that would result in them overturning the Election Results and keeping him in power. He promised his supporters that he would be there with them if they came to washington on january 6th, that he would be in attendance at their show of force. He promised them that it, quote, will be wild. Then when they arrived, the president told them, as they sort of mustered their forces that morning, that they must march on the capitol that day. They shouldnt just rally where they were. They should march to the capitol. They needed to show strength there. They ne
Proposed secondary attack on the u. S. Capitol and State Capitol buildings on january 17, 2021. Thats actually an emerging threat. We have two experts standing by later in this hour to brief us on that very threat. It turns out all it took for trump to get banned from twitter and facebook and instagram was his role in inciting the looting and desecration of our capitol. Other protrump groups gathered at statehouses across the country threatening state officials along the way. Meanwhile the momentum is gaining speed to make trump the first president to be impeached twice. Such a thing would settle any argument about historys worst president. Speaker nancy pelosi has thrown down the gauntlet in this area telling trump to resign or face a second impeachment or removal via the 25th amendment. She drew that line in the sand after meeting with her caucus for nearly four hours and after talking with joint chiefs of staff, chairman general mark milly, about making sure steps are in place to ke
Democrats and charging President Trump with incitement of insurrection and goading the supporters to come to the capitol which led to the deaths of five people. We have the reaction coming in from the white house saying in a statement in what it is calling a politicallymotivated impeachment will only serve to further divide the country. A short time ago president elect biden said that impeachment is up to the congress, and he called for a full investigation of the capitol and it has damaged the reputation of the country around the world, and it has. We are joined by jim acosta, and jim, we are learning that the white House Democrats could introduce this impeachment due to incitement of insurrection. Yes, they have come out with this within the last hour, and this is what they say about the impeachment of this and others saying that this is politically motivated, but others say it is necessary. Aides say he will not resign, and this attempt for impeachment as one trump aide said there i
From their man, donald trump. It was not. Tonight more than 200 members of congress say its time to impeach the president , and the first step in doing so could come monday. The goal, not entirely about removing him, but preventing him from running again. More on that in a moment. Because as america grapples with this weeks insurrection, it was all but surprising to those who watched history unfold these past four years. This weeks attack happening just days before the most Diverse Administration ever takes office. President elect joe biden announced this week that in addition to nominating Merrick Garland for attorney general, his Justice Department will be run by three women, lisa monaco serving as Deputy Attorney general, anita gumpta, kristen clarke, executive director of the National Lawyers committee for civil rights tapped to lead the departments civil rights division. Leading up to wednesdays violence, that protrump mob also saw their majority evaporate in the senate when jon o