The NAACP and Rep. Bennie Thompson have filed a federal lawsuit accusing Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers of conspiring to incite a violent riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, with the goal of preventing Congress from certifying the 2020 election.
Pelosi to Democratic colleagues: "To protect our security, our next step will be to establish an outside, independent 9/11-type Commission to 'investigate and report on the facts and causes relating to the January 6, 2021 domestic terrorist attack upon the U.S. Capitol Complex.'"
*8* U.S. states have reached the >1 in 500 resident COVID deaths milestone
NJ
NY
MA
MS
RI
SD
CT
AZ
A ninth, LA, is only a few deaths away.
USA as a whole has reached >1 in 700 dead
Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi tells #AxiosOnHBO that "Congress is morally obligated to respond" to the island's recent vote in support of statehood.
He expects a bill to be introduced in the House by mid-March. https://t.co/e0aw7uMzTI
BIDEN: "While the final vote did not lead to a conviction, the substance of the charge is not in dispute. Even those opposed to the conviction, like Senate Minority Leader McConnell, believe Donald Trump was guilty of a 'disgraceful dereliction of duty.'"
In the most bipartisan presidential impeachment vote in the history of the country, a powerful majority of both houses of Congress found that the former President incited violent insurrection against the Union & the Congress. History will record his terrible constitutional crime.