Impeachment: Another affront to Trump - Pence is said to have taken a decisive step towards Biden

The Trump impeachment was successfully initiated in the House of Representatives.

Donald Trump is increasingly isolated.

And a powerful Republican is committed.

• The storming of the 

  US Capitol *

   shocked the US.

• As a consequence, the outgoing US President 

  Donald Trump is to be

   removed from office - the House of Representatives voted to initiate the impeachment.

• Ten Republicans voted together with the Democratic Party - among them

  number three

  in power ranking.

• This

  news ticker

  is updated regularly.

Update January 16, 13.50 pm:

It is true that

Trump

after the storming of the

Capitol

that the

impeachment proceedings

, made a smooth transition of power in prospect has triggered against him.

But he

has not yet

congratulated future President

Joe Biden

.

Vice President Mike Pence,

however, is said to have called his successor

Kamala Harris

.

The

AFP

news

agency

learned this

on Friday from inside circles.

The

New York Times reported

that he would have congratulated her and offered his help.

However, they did not provide any more specific information about the content.

Update from January 15, 12:45 p.m.: Donald Trump

will not attend

Joe Biden

's

inauguration

.

Apparently he wants to

travel

to his

golf resort Mar-a-Lago

in Florida

on the same day instead

.

This is reported by the US news platform

Bloomberg

.

It is believed that Trump plans to settle there after he leaves the

White House

.

To the displeasure of his neighborhood *.

However, there is no official confirmation from the outgoing US president of his plans.

It is likely that the

Senate

will vote

on the

impeachment against Trump

after January 20

.

One of the reasons Trump is in such a hurry to leave Washington?

Should this only

happen

after

Biden takes office

, Trump would pursue the proceedings from his golf resort.

Impeachment against Donald Trump: Republican Liz Cheney turns against the US President

Update from January 15, 10:20 a.m.:

Ten Republicans: inside voted for the

impeachment process

- together with the members of the

Democratic Party

.

The most prominent face of the renegade party members Donald Trump:

Liz Cheney

.

On January 7, the Republican, who

sits

in the House of Representatives

for

Wyoming

, tweeted

about the events at the Capitol.

And he directly

targeted

the outgoing

US President Donald Trump

: “There is no question that the President formed the mob, the President instigated the mob, the President addressed the mob.

He lit the flame. "

She has remained true to her words by voting in the

House of Representatives

to

initiate impeachment

.

This is significant because Cheney is

quite powerful in

the Republican Party's power structure

.

She is ranked number three in the ranking and is the daughter of former

Vice President Dick Cheney

.

That also makes her the only leading Republican to vote with the Democrats.

Some US media are already talking about the “decisive moment” of Liz Cheney.

The good Republican, in a party that has

been

poisoned

by

Trumpism

- and now has to redefine herself.

Mighty Republican votes for impeachment: Donald Trump has committed “greatest treason” by a president

“This is the daughter of the former Republican Whip and the former Vice President.

She knows what she's talking about, "Republican majority leader

Mitch McConnell

reportedly said on Wednesday, according to

the

Washington Post

.

"There has never been a major betrayal of his office and his constitutional oath by a President of the United States," said Cheney as an explanation of her actions.

"I will vote to indict the President."

Update from January 14th, 5 p.m.:

Donald Trump

is the first US president against whom

impeachment proceedings are

initiated

twice

.

Should he be convicted, which is entirely possible this time, it would be a first in US history.

The outgoing president ends his four-year term with a tremendous rumble of thunder.

And the circle around Trump is getting smaller and smaller.

On the one hand, there is his

Vice President Mike Pence

, who has so far served his boss loyally.

Although Pence refused to kick Trump

out of the White House

with the help of

the

25th Amendment

, there is still radio silence between the two men.

Trump attorney Rudy Giualiani: US President reproaches him - and does not want to pay his bills

Even with

Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani

, the tatters should fly, the

Washington Post

claims to have learned from internal sources.

The current president is said to have instructed

not to pay Giuliani's legal fees

.

In addition, he wants to personally approve all the costs that Giuliani has charged him for his trips around the baseless election complaints.

Trump is also said to disapprove of the price of $ 20,000 per day of his work on the part of Giualiani.

The fact that none of his loyal followers

rushed to his aid

in the

impeachment process

is said to have turned the air in the

White House

into cement.

"The president is pretty confused," the

Washington Post

quoted

an administrative officer

as saying

.

"Nobody is out there for him."

Meanwhile, Senator Lindsey Graham also

reports on a troubled Trump.

According to him, it is now clear that it is over.

Even if he still feels cheated out of the choice.

Impeachment against Donald Trump initiated - Pelosi wants him out of the White House as soon as possible

Initial report on January 14, 12:30 p.m .:

Washington, DC - Get out of the

White House

with him.

After the

storming of the Capitol *

on January 6,

the spokeswoman for the House of Representatives,

Nancy Pelosi,

and the

Democratic Party

cannot go fast enough.

Impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump were

initiated

on Tuesday

.

For the second time.

This makes the outgoing US president the only one in this position against whom there have ever been two

impeachment proceedings

.

Trump, he is and will remain a man of superlatives.

Donald Trump

now has

to

answer

in the Senate for

"inciting a riot"

.

As the

Senate

majority leader,

*

Republican

Mitch McConnell

, made clear, this will not

happen

until Biden takes office

.

A circumstance that could even harm Biden *.

In his speech, Trump incited his supporters: inside to march to the Capitol.

A wild mix of Trump supporters: inside, right-wing extremists and QAnon disciples then stormed the heart of US democracy, devastating and terrifying those present.

Five people died in connection with the events.

For the

Democrats *

the last drop on an already glowing hot stone.

Nancy Pelosi - the third most powerful politician in Washington - has sharpened her "speaker" hammer.

And a hidden message in her outfit.

Because

Nancy Pelosi

apparently wore the same black dress and the same silver chain as in December 2019 - after

impeachment proceedings

against the still-president were initiated

for the first time

.

The woman knows how to use symbolism.

Donald Trump reports via video message - Republicans voted for impeachment proceedings

Pelosi's

daughter,

Alexandra Pelosi

, is said to have characterized her mother as follows to the broadcaster CNN: "She cuts off your head and you won't even notice that you are bleeding." Given the rapid pace at which the

impeachment proceedings are against Trump has

now been initiated, aptly.

Ten members of the

Republican Party *

voted for it together with all Democrats in the House of Representatives.

Another blow to the stomach

for

Donald Trump

.

Meanwhile, he reported in a video message.

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Trump speaks of a safe handover to Joe Biden - violence has nothing to do with "true supporters"

In it,

Donald Trump *

is like you've almost never seen him: remorseful and weak.

"The

storming of the US Capitol

hit the heart of the republic," said the ailing president at the beginning.

And differentiates itself from the violence that rocked the United States that day.

"Violence

and vandalism has absolutely no place in our country and no place in our movement. ”No true supporter of his could ever use political violence.

“You are attacking our country, we cannot tolerate that.” In a five-minute speech published by the

White House *

,

the

White House

calls for peace on all political levels in an unusual manner: “Let us decide to move forward together”.

Not a subject of his address, however: the

impeachment proceedings

initiated

.

He also addresses concerns that

Biden's inauguration on January 20 *

could lead to excesses of violence.

"Every American has the right to have their voice heard in a respectful way," said Trump.

“Everyone has to abide by our rules.” He had instructed the federal agents to use all resources to “keep order”.

And then comes the sentence that sounds truly amazing from Donald Trump's mouth: "Thousands of National Guardsmen are being sent to

Washington

to protect the city and to ensure that the

transition

takes place safely and without an incident." January 6th outbreak shocked.

At the same time,

Donald Trump

condemns

that social networks blocked thousands of accounts in the days that followed.

Among other things, his own account and political mouthpiece

*

.

Storming the Capitol: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reports life-threatening moment

She is one of the so-called

“squads”

: young, progressive, democrat and people of color in the

House

of

Representatives *

, part of the left wing of the party.

The MP

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

, often called "AOC" by her initials and the dazzling face of the democratic future, describes in a livestream on her Instagram account how she

experienced

the

storming of the US Capitol

.

"I can tell you that I had a very close encounter and I thought I was going to die," she tells her followers: inside.

“ 

Running in the Capitol

 and not knowing whether a police officer is there to help you or to injure you is also very traumatizing,” she says, referring to the sometimes controversial behavior of police officers.

She also did not feel safe in the hiding place into which she and other congress members were taken.

On the one hand, because several Republicans did not want to wear a mask inside, and on the other hand, because she was in a closed room with “white supremacy sympathizers”, as she claims.

The speaker has been removed from the chambers.

- Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) January 6, 2021

She was afraid that her location would be revealed.

In view of the fact that Republican 

Lauren Boebert

tweeted live: "The spokeswoman was removed from the chambers" and thus gave indications of her location, understandable.

After the

storming of the Capitol

, it became known that parts of the right-wing mob were targeting people-hunting for

Vice Mike Pence

and

Nancy Pelosi

did.

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