“I called Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, last night to let him know I was resigning from that. I can’t do it; I can’t stay,” Mulvaney said.
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Trump spoke minutes after the Congress certified Joe Biden as the winner of the election
Fani-Kayode, an avid Trump backer, said this in a statement on Thursday
The joint session of Congress, which is normally a ceremonial step, was halted for several hours when rioters breached the Capitol
Several of Trump’s top national security aides – including national security adviser Robert O’Brien – are considering resigning in the wake of his response to a day of chaos and violence, according to multiple sources familiar with their thinking
Both social media giants suspended the accounts on Wednesday after Trump posted messages encouraging his supporters to storm Capitol Hill, where lawmakers were meeting to validate the election of Joe Biden as the president of the US
Shortly after 1pm ET Wednesday hundreds of pro-Trump protesters pushed through barriers set up along the perimeter of the Capitol, where they tussled with officers in full riot gear, some calling the officers “traitors” for doing their jobs.
Some Republican lawmakers objected to Congress certifying president-elect Joe Biden’s victory over Trump in the US state of Arizona, the first of several expected challenges to state results.
Congress was meeting to certify the election of Joe Biden when thousands of Trump’s supporters breached the building, forcing a lockdown with lawmakers inside.
Nonetheless, many also said they had faith in the resilience of the nation’s democratic institutions.
“The violence and destruction taking place at the US Capitol Must Stop and it Must Stop Now,” Pence tweeted.
“I know your pain, I know your hurt. We had an election that was stolen from us,” Trump said in a one-minute video posted on social media.
“The United States Senate will not be intimidated, we will not be kept out of this chamber by thugs, mobs or threats,” McConnell said from the Senate floor.
A longtime associate of Mrs. Trump, Grisham was also a former White House spokeswoman.
He made this statement amidst the current crisis that has hit the political atmosphere of the United States of America, where the President has rejected the results of the November 3, 2020 presidential election in the country.
The protesters trooped to the congress shortly after President Donald Trump encouraged them to do so
In his latest effort to challenge results of the presidential election he lost to Joe Biden, Trump – in an hour-long Saturday phone call – pressured Georgia’s top elections official to “find” nearly 12,000 votes needed to flip the state in his favour, according to recordings published on Sunday by the Washington Post.
The group, led by Texas Senator Ted Cruz, in a joint statement said they will vote against the certification of electors from states where US President Donald Trump has disputed Democrat Joe Biden’s win in the November election
The vote marked the first veto override of the Trump presidency and is widely viewed as a sharp rebuke of the president during his final days in office.
The order will now expire at the end of March, extending into the first term in office of President-elect Joe Biden, who has vowed to reverse Trump’s immigration policies