US Capitol violence highlights: Immediately deployed national guard, federal law enforcement, says Trump

That's all for today readers. Thank you for tuning in to our live coverage of violence at US Capitol. For more latest news visit www.deccanherald.com.

. It was probably always going to come to this. Donald Trump has been telling us for years that he would not accept an electoral defeat. He has cheered violence and threatened insurrection. On Tuesday he tweeted that Democrats and Republicans who weren’t cooperating in his coup attempt should look “at the thousands of people pouring into DC. They won’t stand for a landslide election victory to be stolen.” He urged his supporters to mass on the capital, tweeting, “Be there, will be wild!” They took him seriously and literally.

. Two members of Donald Trump's cabinet resigned Thursday with days left in the administration in protest over the storming of the Capitol by a mob of the president's supporters.

The education secretary and transportation secretary -- the only two women in Trump's inner cabinet -- both said they could no longer remain in office after the violent rampage on a ceremonial session of Congress that certified President-elect Joe Biden's victory.

. Abandoned in the White House by former allies, a deeply isolated Donald Trump has two weeks left to contemplate the rubble of his presidency -- and perhaps his dreams of a return in 2024.

Trump repeatedly tested the limits of what a US president can get away with. He gleefully broke every norm, survived impeachment, and saw off Special Counsel Robert Mueller's explosive probe into his contacts with Russia.

. For years, there has been a mantra that Republicans have recited to comfort themselves about President Donald Trump — both about the things he says and the support they offer him. Trump, they’d say, should be taken seriously, not literally. The coinage comes from a 2016 article in The Atlantic by Salena Zito, in which she complained that the press took Trump “literally, but not seriously; his supporters take him seriously, but not literally.”

. US Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund has announced that would resign this month after he faced criticism for failing to prevent supporters of President Donald Trump from storming the building.

Sund’s resignation came hours after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Senator Chuck Schumer on Thursday demanded his resignation and said that he would be fired if he did not resign.

. With his victory recognized by Congress and his party set to control both the House and Senate, President-elect Joe Biden moved Thursday to fill out his Cabinet, while his aides and allies drafted plans for an ambitious legislative agenda headlined by $2,000 stimulus checks to individual Americans.

Just hours after the House and Senate confirmed his election and President Donald Trump said he would peacefully transfer power, Biden announced Judge Merrick B. Garland as his attorney general and settled on three nominees to run the Labor Department, the Commerce Department and the Small Business Administration.

. President Donald Trump faced a growing chorus of calls Thursday to be removed from office under the 25th Amendment for inciting the mob violence that swept through the US Capitol one day earlier.

Adopted in 1967, the 25th Amendment lays out the provisions for a transfer of power from a US president who dies, resigns, is removed from office or for other reasons is unable to fulfill his or her duties.

. US Capitol Police said in a statement on Thursday that media reports that an officer had died after the storming of the Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump were inaccurate.

The agency said that several officers were injured and some hospitalized after the unrest Wednesday, but that no officers had died as a result.

. The storming of the halls of Congress by a mob of President Donald Trump's supporters marks the latest episode of violence to darken the U.S. Capitol in a history dating back to a British arson attack in Washington during the War of 1812.

. US President Donald Trump appealed for "healing and reconciliation" Thursday following unprecedented scenes of violence at the US Capitol, pledging a smooth transition of power to President-elect Joe Biden.

. Now the Congress has certified the results. A new administration will be inaugurated January 20. My focus now turns to ensure a smooth, orderly and seamless transition of power.Like all Americans, I am outraged by the violence lawlessness andmayhem. I immediately deployed the national guard andfederal law enforcement to secure the building andexpel the intruders. America is andmust always be a nation of law and order, saysoutgoing US President Donald Trump.

. SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MCCONNELL SAYS WEDNESDAY'S BREACH OF U.S. CAPITOL SECURITY REFLECTED 'SHOCKING FAILURES'

. The US Senate's top Democrat called on Thursday for President Donald Trump's immediate removal from office after his supporters stormed the Capitol in a shocking assault on the heart of American democracy.

. Abandoned in the White House by former allies, a deeply isolated Donald Trump has two weeks left to contemplate the rubble of his presidency -- and perhaps his dreams of a return in 2024.

. HOUSE DEMOCRATS CIRCULATE ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT TO REMOVE TRUMP FROM OFFICE AFTER CAPITOL ATTACK -REP. CICILLINE

. Mexico's president on Thursday said conflicts should be resolved peacefully in response to the storming of the USCapitol on Wednesday by hundreds of supporters of USPresident Donald Trump seeking to overturn his election defeat.

Speaking at a regular news briefing, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said his government adhered to the principle of non-intervention in the affairs of other countries. ( Reuters )

. President Donald Trump’s former acting White House chief of staff resigned his post as special envoy to Northern Ireland on Thursday, saying “I can’t do it. I can’t stay.”

Mulvaney called Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Wednesday night to inform him that Mulvaney was resigning. He served as acting White House chief of staff from January 2019 until March 2020. He was director of the Office of Management and Budget before that, AP reported.

. After the violence at the US Capitol, lawmakers are vowing to start an investigation into how law enforcement handled Wednesday’s breach. They will see whether a lack of preparedness allowed the mob to occupy and vandalise the building, AP reported.

. Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis removed his red "Strong Czechia" hat inspired by U.S. President Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" cap from his social media accounts on Thursday after Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building.

Babis had professed support for Trump and told him on a 2019 White House visit he had "a similar plan to make the Czech Republic great again". ( Reuters )

. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday condemned as "disgraceful" violence at the US Capitol building by supporters of his staunch ally President Donald Trump.

Netanyahu made the comments in Jerusalem alongside Trump's Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, who called the storming of the Capitol by pro-Trump rioters "unacceptable".

The Israeli premier said the "rampage at the Capitol yesterday was a disgraceful act and it must be vigorously condemned". ( AFP )

. Russian officials on Thursday pointed to the storming of the US Capitol as evidence of America's decline, with one saying it showed US democracy was "limping on both feet".

After the stunning events in Washington, many in Moscow said the United States was no longer in any position to lecture other countries on freedom and democracy. ( AFP )

. Germany will examine boosting security for its parliament, the speaker of the house said Thursday, after the storming of the US Congress by violent protesters.

Demonstrators against restrictions imposed by Chancellor Angela Merkel's government to halt coronavirus transmission had attempted in the summer to enter the Reichstag parliament building, but were repelled by police forces.

Lawmakers of the far-right AfD party, some of whom had marched in increasingly aggressive virus-skeptic demonstrations, have also been accused of inviting into the parliament building protesters who went on to harass other MPs. ( AFP )

. The storming of the Capitol in Washington puts the United States into a small club with Guatemala, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan where protesters have caused chaos by invading parliaments in the past year.

Here is a recap on the legislatures that have been attacked or occupied:

Anti-government protesters set fire to parts of Guatemala's Congress building on November 21 over the Central American country's budget, in an invasion that lasts 10 minutes.

They demand an end to cuts in health and education spending and call on President Alejandro Giammattei to resign.

Hundreds of protesters angry at the country's defeat in six weeks of fighting with Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region break into the parliament chamber on November 10.

Scuffles break out with police as they take the podium and shout at MPs to resign. ( AFP )

. The chaos in the USCapitol unfolded after President Donald Trump spent weeks whipping up his supporters with false allegations of fraud in the November3 election, culminating in a call to march to the building that represents USdemocracy.

Trump, who has refused to concede his loss to Democratic President-elect Joe Biden, had urged his supporters multiple times to come to Washington for a rally on Wednesday, the day the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate were scheduled to certify the results of the Electoral College.

"Statistically impossible to have lost the 2020 Election," Trump, a Republican, tweeted on Dec. 20. "Big protest in DC on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!" ( Reuters )

. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Thursday that the chaos unleashed on the US Capitol by US counterpart Donald Trump's supporters exposed the fragility of Western democracy.

"What we saw in the United States yesterday (Wednesday) evening and today shows above all how fragile and vulnerable Western democracy is," Rouhani said in a speech broadcast by state television.

"We saw that unfortunately, the ground is fertile for populism, despite the advances in science and industry. ( AFP )

. "Even though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election, and the facts bear me out, nevertheless there will be an orderly transition on January 20th. I have always said we would continue our fight to ensure that only legal votes were counted. While this represents the end of the greatest first term in presidential history, it’s only the beginning of our fight to Make America Great Again!”

. House of representatives vote 282-138 against attempt to overturn Biden victory in Pennsylvania. Speaker Pelosi says the House and the Senate will resume joint session to consider election results

. The bloody chaos inside the US Capitol on Wednesday came after the police force that protects the legislative complex was overrun by a mob of Trump supporters in what law enforcement officials called a catastrophic failure to prepare.

. "I certainly hope it is [possible]," the Pennsylvania lawmaker told CNN. "...I think this President has proved himself day after day, month after month, year after year to be unstable and unfit."

. Japan’s top government spokesman on Thursday said the country was concerned and closely monitoring the breach at the US Capitol. “We are hoping for a peaceful transfer of power” in the United States, Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato told reporters.

. After a dramatic day of violence at the USCapitol, lawmakers in the House of Representatives and the Senate were meeting early on Thursday to certify President-elect Joe Biden's election victory.

. As the Capitol Building in Washington was being stormed by Donald Trump's supporters protesting the results of the US presidential elections, which Democrat Joe Biden won, Twitteratti drew their attention to something that looked eerily similar.

. " This was really a riot. He should have shown more disdain for the rioters. I don’t want to say he should have apologized — that’s not exactly accurate — but he should have expressed more disdain," he said.

. Lawmakers are vowing an investigation into how Capitol police handled Wednesday's violent breach at the Capitol, questioning whether a lack of preparedness allowed the mob to occupy and vandalize the building.

Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., chairwoman of the House Administration Committee, said the breach “raises grave security concerns,″ adding that her committee will work with House and Senate leaders to review the police response - and its preparedness - to a violent mob loyal to President Donald Trump that stormed the Capitol and forced lawmakers into hiding.

The incident forced lawmakers to crouch under desks and don gas marks, while police futilely tried to barricade the building. A woman was shot and killed inside the Capitol, and Washington's mayor instituted an evening curfew in an attempt to contain the violence.

. Donald Trump, on Wednesday,addressed his supporters for more than an hour on the National Mall, delivering conspiracy theories about why he should remain president despite losing the November election. Following his speech, thousands of his supporters stormed the US Capitol and clashed with police, resulting in casualties and multiple injuries and interrupting a constitutional process to affirm Joe Biden's victory in the presidential election.Both the House and Senate and the entire Capitol were placed under lockdown.

Check out images from the day here

. The USCapitol Police force was caught unprepared by a mob of pro-Trump extremists on Wednesday, in a failure to protect the seat of American democracy unparalleled in modern times.

. 1. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz

2. Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley

3. Wyoming Sen. Cynthia Lummis

4. Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall

5. Florida Sen. Rick Scott

6. Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville

7. Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith

. The Senate is voting on the objection of Pennsylvania’s Electoral College vote count now. Lawmakers yielded their time allocated for debate, and are expected to reject the attempt to throw out the state's votes for President-elect Joe Biden.

. In an "unprecedented assault" on democracy in America, thousands of angry supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol and clashed with police, resulting in casualties and multiple injuries and interrupting a constitutional process to affirm Joe Biden's victory in the presidential election.

. "Those still in have decisions to make. Cabinet officials either #25A or resign. #25A is late, but blocks add'l crazy. Resigning might enable more crazy. Staying = complicity. Other officials can quit or ride it out. My take? Start with #25A - we are in extraordinary times," tweets Trump's former cybersecurity chief.

. Four people died on the US Capitol grounds Wednesday and 52 people have been arrested, Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert J. Contee said Wednesday evening, after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol in an unprecedented effort to stop Congress from certifying President-elect Joe Biden's election victory.

In a late-night news conference, Contee said that 47 of the 52 arrests to date were related to violations of Mayor Muriel Bowser's 6 p.m. curfew, with 26 of those involving people arrested on US Capitol grounds.

Several others were arrested on charges related to carrying unlicensed or prohibited firearms.

. Members of President Donald Trump's cabinet on Wednesday discussed the possibility of removing Trump from office after his supporters stormed the Capitol, three US news channels reported.

The discussions focused on the 25th amendment to the US Constitution, which allows for a president's removal by the vice president and cabinet if he is judged "unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office."

CNN quoted unnamed Republican leaders saying the 25th amendment had been discussed, saying they had described Trump as "out of control."

CBS reporter Margaret Brennan said that "nothing formal" had been presented to Pence, and ABC reporter Katherine Faulders said "multiple" sources had told her that discussions took place on the unprecedented move.

. 1. Sen. Ted Cruz

2. Sen. Hawley

3. Sen. Kennedy

4. Sen. Hyde-Smith

5. Sen. Marshall

6. Sen. Tuberville

. Arizona electoral college vote total at 6 to 93, with 93 not in objection to the count.

. House Judiciary Committee urge Vice President Mike Pence and Trump's Cabinet members to invoke the 25th Amendment to the US Constitution and remove Trump from office, according to a statement released Wednesday night by the committee members, reports CNN.

. "Trump and I: we've had a hell of a journey. I hate it to end this way. Oh my God, I hate it. From my point of view, he's been a consequential president. But today...all I can say is, uh, count me out, enough is enough, I've tried to be helpful," says Senator Lindsey Graham.

. The storming of the US Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump on Wednesday has prompted calls by some Congressional Democrats to remove him from office before President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in on Jan. 20.

. "Those who choose to continue to support his dangerous gambit by objecting to the results of a legitimate democratic election will forever be seen as being complicit on an unprecedented attack against our democracy," Mitt Romney said, adding,"...They will be remembered for their role in this shameful episode, in American history. That will be their legacy."

. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and president of the General Assembly Volkan Bozkir both condemned Wednesday's violence at the US Capitol.

Guterres, according to his spokesman Stephane Dujarric, was "saddened" by the breach of the US Capitol building by supporters of outgoing US President Donald Trump.

"In such circumstances, it is important that political leaders impress on their followers the need to refrain from violence, as well as to respect democratic processes and the rule of law," Dujarric said in a statement.

. Facebook and YouTube have removed a video of President Donald Trump in which he repeated unfounded claims that the election was stolen from him after his supporters stormed the US Capitol.

. Lawmakers have resumed debate on an objection to Arizona's Electoral College vote count. Republicans were debating the objection before a violent mob stormed the US Capitol and prompted the proceedings to halt.

A group of House and Senate Republicans had planned to object to at least an additional two states' election results on Wednesday, but it is unclear whether lawmakers will follow through on the objections in th face of riots.

. Stephanie Grisham, the first lady's chief of staff and former White House press secretary, has resigned after riots in the Capitol. Grisham, one of President Trump's longest-serving aides, says it has been an ''honor'' to serve.

. Vice President Mike Pence says "violence never wins" as Senate resumes debating GOP challenge to Biden election, six hours after pro-Trump mob stormed Capitol.

. One woman who was shot inside US Capitol has died, CNN reported, quoting a spokesperson with the Metropolitan Police Department. Multiple officers were injured during the mob attack.

. Twitter on Wednesday locked the account of President Donald Trump, which prevents him from posting messages to his more than 88 million followers, after a day of violence in the nation’s capital and a string of inaccurate and inflammatory posts from the president.

The move was an unprecedented rebuke of Trump by Twitter, which has long been a preferred megaphone for the president. Twitter said Trump’s account would remain locked for 12 hours and the ban could be extended if Trump did not agree to delete several tweets that rejected the election results and appeared to incite violence. The company also said it would permanently suspend Trump’s account if he continued to violate its policies against violent threats and election misinformation. (NYT)

. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday called the violent protests in Washington "shocking scenes" and said the outcome of the "democratic" US election must be respected. -Reuters

. The US Capitol locked down Wednesday with lawmakers inside as violent clashes broke out between supporters of President Donald Trump and police.

US Capitol violence highlights: Immediately deployed national guard, federal law enforcement, says Trump

Did the Capitol attack break the President’s spell?

Two Trump Cabinet members resign over US Capitol violence

Donald Trump has two weeks left, but how much of a future?

Opinion | Trump has always been a wolf in wolf’s clothing

Follow us on :

Follow Us