The full Board of Trustees affirmed the decision on Friday, the statement read.
The decision comes days after a violent mob of Trump supporters occupied the Capitol for several hours as lawmakers were tallying the electoral votes that certified Joe Biden s victory. Five people have died as a result of the riot.
The U.S. Capitol Police said in a statement that Officer Brian D. Sicknick was injured while physically engaging with protesters during the riot.
Lehigh University President John D. Simon called the deadly Capitol riot, a violent assault on the foundations of our democracy- the abiding respect for the will of the people exercised in a free election and the peaceful transfer of power.
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Lehigh University announced Friday it will rescind President Donald Trump’s honorary degree after pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol in an attempt to prevent Congress from certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College win.
In a message posted on the university’s social media accounts Friday, officials said the Executive Committee of the Lehigh University Board of Trustees voted in a special session Thursday to “rescind and revoke the honorary degree granted to Donald J. Trump in 1988.”
“The full Board of Trustees affirmed the decision today,” read the statement. Trump received the degree when he spoke at the commencement ceremony for the school, located in Bethlehem, Pa.