The supporters of President Donald Trump who breached the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday could face charges of sedition, legal experts say.
The nation s center of power became a scene of chaos Wednesday as rioters made their way past barricades, broke in through windows and sent representatives into hiding during a session of debate over election certification. The assault on the Capitol came shortly after a rally for the president, who continued to levy baseless claims that the election was rigged and told the crowd We will never concede.
President-elect Joe Biden said in a televised address Wednesday that the lawlessness is not dissent, it’s disorder, it’s chaos. It borders on sedition. And it must end, now.
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The supporters of President Donald Trump who breached the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday could face charges of sedition, legal experts say.
The nation s center of power became a scene of chaos Wednesday as rioters made their way past barricades, broke in through windows and sent representatives into hiding during a session of debate over election certification. The assault on the Capitol came shortly after a rally for the president, who continued to levy baseless claims that the election was rigged and told the crowd We will never concede.
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TAMPA â Experts say what happened on Wednesday in Washington, D.C. violated many different laws.
âThis goes directly against two different parts of what makes our country great. First of all, it s the election process and the peaceful transfer of power and it didn t happen this time and also that we respect our representatives to fulfill their duty which they were trying to do,â said Michael McDaniel, Constitutional Law Professor at Western Michigan Universityâs Cooley Law School.
The supporters of President Donald Trump who breached the U.S. Capitol building on Wednesday may face charges of sedition, several legal experts told the Detroit Free Press.
The U.S. center of power became a scene of outright chaos Wednesday as supporters made their way past barricades, broke in through windows and sent representatives into hiding during a session of debate over election certification. The assault on the Capitol came shortly after a rally for the president, who continued to levy baseless claims that the election was rigged and told the crowd they would never concede, USA Today reported.
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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer appointed attorneys and Grand Valley State University alumnae Noreen K. Myers and Mikyia S. Aaron to fill two GVSU board of trustees seats.
Their appointments were based on the advice and consent of the Michigan Senate. Myers and Aaron each will serve an eight-year term, which will begin Friday.
Myers will be serving as a GVSU trustee for the second time; former Gov. Jennifer Granholm first appointed her in 2005. Myers, who will be replacing Mary Kramer, graduated from GVSU in 1972 and earned her Juris Doctor degree from WMU Thomas Cooley Law School. She is an attorney at Noreen K. Myers PLC, a private firm in East Grand Rapids.