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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Donald Trump has launched a new White House run despite facing legal exposure, and potential criminal charges, on several fronts with some suggesting the prospect may even have pushed him towards another presidential bid. The 76-year-old Trump is being investigated for his role in last year’s US Capitol attack, his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, and the stashing of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago residence. And New York state’s attorney […]
by Paul HANDLEY Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Democratic lawmakers leading the impeachment case against Donald Trump requested Thursday the former president to testify in his looming trial for allegedly inciting insurrection in the attack on the US Capitol last month. Five days before the trial opens, Democratic Congressman Jamie Raskin, who will lead the prosecution, gave Trump until 5:00 pm (2200 GMT) on Friday to respond and warned that refusing […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — More than 150 people have been charged with federal crimes so far over the January 6 rampage at the US Capitol by supporters of then president Donald Trump, the Justice Department said Tuesday. Investigators have opened probes into more than 400 people who participated in the violent attack on the US legislature, said Michael Sherwin, the acting federal prosecutor for Washington. Making use of copious video footage and social […]
(Editor’s note) These photos as taken by Agence France Presse, mostly by AFP photographer Saul Loeb, showed just how supporters of outgoing US President Donald Trump descended on the US capitol on January 6, 2021, breached security and “desecrated” the halls of US Congress, something that had never happened before. These scenes shocked the world, and rocked to the core America’s soul. Below is a story by Agence France Presse on how this day happened, […]
by Agence France Presse World leaders and governments have expressed shock and outrage at the storming of the US Capitol in Washington by supporters of President Donald Trump. – Germany – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday she was “furious and saddened” by the events and said Trump shared blame for the unrest. “I deeply regret that President Trump has not conceded his defeat, since November and again yesterday,” she said. – Britain – […]
by Shaun Tandon, Camille Camdessus and Michael Mathes Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Congress formally certified Joe Biden as the next US president on Thursday, dealing a hammer blow to Donald Trump whose supporters stormed the Capitol hours earlier, triggering unprecedented scenes of mayhem in the seat of American democracy. Lawmakers in the Senate and House of Representatives successfully beat back Republican efforts to deny Biden the electoral votes needed to […]
(Eagle News) — One woman was shot and killed and three other people died as a mob of US President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed a session of the US Congress held on Wednesday that was called to certify the win of US President-elect Joe Biden. Multiple injuries were also reported in Washington, D.C. Security forces fired tear gas in a four-hour operation to clear the Capitol. The woman was reportedly a Trump supporter and […]
By Dexter T. Manglicmot EBC Washington D.C. Bureau WASHINGTON D.C. (Eagle News) — The scenario played out the same throughout the country. Students in campuses across the nation waited for something that they themselves organized to unfold. As their class clocks struck 10 o’clock Wednesday morning they walked out of their classrooms, many onto football fields, some into school auditoriums, and others onto their courtyards and quads. In Washington D.C., however, students found themselves in […]
WASHINGTON D.C., (Eagle News) – Seven thousand pairs of shoes were placed on the United States Capitol lawn by activist group Avaaz early Tuesday morning to represent the lives lost by gun violence in schools since the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting. “Behind me are seven thousand empty pairs of shoes that represent the kids who have been killed by gun violence since Sandy Hook in 2012,” said Emma Ruby-Sachs, Avaaz representative. “It’s at the […]
