Ex-President and Republican Donald Trump is obviously not saying goodbye to politics.
Nancy Pelosi of the Democrats, meanwhile, utters something alarming.
In the House of Representatives * and in the Senate *, the
Democrats *
the say - but with only very
narrow majorities.
Ex-US President
Donald Trump *
wants to continue intensively with the
* Republicans
involved
(see initial report of 29 January)
.
A Republican ex-Congressman holds a
party exclusion
Trumps for difficult
(see Update of 15:21)
.
This
news ticker
is updated regularly.
Update from January 29, 9:09 p.m.:
Were Trump and confidants involved in planning the storm on the Capitol?
This question now focuses on
Donald Trump's son Donald Junior
.
He should at the eve of the
inauguration
of
Joe Biden
attended a meeting in a hotel.
The suspicion against Trump Junior weighs heavily.
In the impeachment proceedings against the former US president, an ardent supporter of
Trump
wants to testify against him.
It is the "Capitol Shaman" who is angry at Trump.
Donald Trump could show himself again in April - at the spring meeting of party donors
Update from January 29, 4:12 p.m
.: The official office is lost, the Twitter account is temporarily blocked, the ex-president has returned to the
Mar-a-Lago residence
:
Donald Trump
is currently unusually quiet.
As the US political magazine
Politico claims
, he could be in the
limelight
again by April at the latest
- at the
spring meeting of party donors
, to which the organizing committee of the Republican Party (
RNC
) wants to invite him.
Trump stayed away from the corresponding winter date - it fell in the week of the
riot in the Capitol
.
A Trump spokesman did not want to confirm the date,
Politico
continues.
"The Trump wing is dominant": Ex-MP assesses the mood in the party base
Update from January 29, 3:21 p.m
.: The Democratic MP,
Katherine Clark
, has expressed outrage at McCarthy's meeting with Trump, (
see initial message below)
.
Despite
“active threats of violence”
, McCarthy's response was “a photo session with the traitorous instigator”.
"At the moment it is clear that the Trump wing is dominant,"
said former
Republican
Congressman
Carlos Curbelo
the
MSNBC
channel
.
This could stand in the way of
a possible
expulsion of Trump from the party
, because the Republicans would thereby possibly harm themselves.
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Has a lot of influence with the Republicans even after being voted out of office: Ex-President Donald Trump (archive image)
© ALMOND NGAN / AFP
Trump welcomes Republican leaders to the House of Representatives in Florida
Our initial report of 29 January
: Palm Beach / Washington - The ex-president speaks of a "very good and cordial meeting:
Donald Trump
has the leader of the Republicans in the House,
Kevin McCarthy
, on Thursday in his estate
Mar-a-Lago
( Florida), received, as he reported - without
mentioning
the
storm on the US Capitol *
.
Trump: "popularity greater than ever before"
"You talked about a lot of topics, the most important one being retaking the House of Representatives in 2022," the statement said.
Trump's “popularity” is “greater than ever before”, so his support is of great importance.
Along with the statement, a photo was released showing Trump and McCarthy in Mar-a-Lago.
Trump's popularity is greater than ever.
Official announcement from the ex-president's team
The meeting highlights the huge
influence
Trump still has on Republicans.
Party members
turned away from him
after Trump's month-long campaign against his being voted out and the
riot
in the US Capitol by
incited fans
*.
The majority of the conservatives are probably behind the 74-year-old, who is still very popular with the grassroots.
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Donald Trump and Kevin McCarthy (r.) Dine in the White House (archive image)
© ALMOND NGAN / AFP
Sections of the grassroots and party became increasingly radicalized in the Trump years.
The new MP
Marjorie Taylor Greene
, standing far to the right, symbolizes this
.
The politician close to the conspiracy
movement QAnon
was at the center of a new polemic on Thursday: A Democratic MP called for the 46-year-old to be expelled from the House of Representatives after the news
channel CNN published
earlier statements by Greene
supporting the
execution of
democratic politicians seemed.
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Ex-US President Donald Trump
© ALEX EDELMAN / AFP
Verbal attack on Nancy Pelosi: "Treason is a crime that carries the death penalty"
Greene
once
described the Democratic leader of the House of Representatives,
Nancy Pelosi
, as a traitor: “Treason is a crime that carries the
death penalty
.
Nancy Pelosi is guilty of treason. "
Greene, along with several other Republicans, has also caused a stir
by wanting to carry
a
gun
in the parliament building
.
Pelosi
warned the
AFP
news
agency
on Thursday that "the enemy is in the House of Representatives":
"We have members of Congress
who want to bring
their
firearms into the boardroom
and the other members have threatened violence," Pelosi said, according to the report.
(AFP / dpa / frs)
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