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Washington (AFP) - A divided US Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday in a case that could lead to the dismissal of some of the charges filed against former president Donald Trump and hundreds of his supporters who took part in the January 2021 attack on the Capitol. Special Counsel Jack Smith has slapped the 77-year-old Trump with four felony charges related to efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election he lost to Democrat Joe Biden. Several of the conservative justices on the nation's highest court appeared to be skeptical on Tuesday of the filing of obstruction charges against ...
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By Chris Lefkow Washington (AFP) - La Cour suprême des Etats-Unis doit examiner mardi un recours contre l'utilisation d'une loi ayant servi à porter l'une des accusations contre l'ex-président Donald Trump et des centaines de ses partisans qui ont participé à l'attaque du Capitole le 6 janvier 2021. Le candidat de la droite à la présidentielle du 5 novembre est visé par quatre chefs d'accusation au niveau fédéral pour tentatives illicites d'inverser les résultats de l'élection de 2020, perdue face au démocrate Joe Biden. Il s'agit de complot contre les institutions américaines, de complot en v...
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Newton (United States) (AFP) - Donald Trump hit the campaign trail Saturday in the first-in-the-nation presidential nominating state of Iowa, vowing to win "for the third time" as Americans marked the anniversary of the deadly assault on the US Capitol by a mob of his supporters. Many watched in horror three years ago on January 6, 2021, as rioters -- egged on by the ex-president and fueled by his false claims of voter fraud -- stormed the seat of US democracy in a bid to halt the transfer of power. In a rambling, two-hour speech Saturday to supporters in Newton, Iowa, Trump did not delve into...
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Washington (AFP) - American authorities on Saturday announced the arrest of three people wanted in connection with the January 6, 2021 assault on the US Capitol, as the country marked the third anniversary of the violent attack by Donald Trump's supporters. Jonathan Pollock, Olivia Pollock and Joseph Hutchinson were arrested early Saturday at a ranch in the southern US state of Florida, the FBI said in a statement. They will appear Monday in federal court in the central city of Ocala. The three suspects face multiple charges, including assaulting and resisting civil servants as well as disorde...
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Washington (AFP) - Bundled against the winter cold, a dozen people outside Washington's jail pray, sing and shout their support for inmates held over the violent attack on the US Capitol three years ago that sought to overturn Donald Trump's election defeat. Family members and supporters -- plus a few pet dogs -- meet nearly every night at a spot they dub "Freedom Corner," just beyond the jail's barbed wire fence in a quiet residential neighborhood. The crowd share pizza and hot chocolate alongside jokes mocking the idea that any of their loved ones could really be a "big bad insurrectionist"...
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Washington (AFP) - The US Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to hear a challenge to the use of a law behind one of the charges lodged against former president Donald Trump and hundreds of his supporters who took part in the 2021 attack on the Capitol. The case, which will be heard by the nation's highest court next year, could potentially delay Trump's upcoming trial for allegedly conspiring to overturn the 2020 election results. Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, is scheduled to go on trial in March and his lawyers have been seeking to postpone his trial un...
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On Thursday, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-Louisiana) dropped out of the race to replace Kevin McCarthy as the House speaker after Republicans failed to garner enough support for his candidacy. “I just shared with my colleagues that I’m withdrawing my name as a candidate for the speaker designee,” he told reporters. Just a day earlier, the GOP conference had chosen him over Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) with 113 votes. On Friday afternoon, the GOP conference voted for Jordan to be their next nominee as speaker, though his fate seems similarly in doubt. This development shows that Republica...
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Bob’s Burgers actor Jay Johnston was charged for his actions in connection to the January 6 riots. He is currently facing charges for misdemeanor offenses and a felony of obstruction of officers during civil disorder. A tweet was sent out by the FBI Twitter account looking for someone to identify Johnston. People in the comments responded to the pictures identifying Johnston as the man in the photos. So far 1,000 people have been arrested in connection to the Capitol riots, and the FBI is continuing to search for more people who were involved. According to documents from the court, Johnston...
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Washington (AFP) - Former US vice president Mike Pence said Saturday that history would hold former president Donald Trump "accountable" for his role in the 2021 attack on the US Capitol, US media reported. The remarks are likely to widen the rift between the former running mates, who have been at loggerheads since Pence refused to go along with Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election results and remain in power. "President Trump was wrong," Pence said in a speech at the annual Gridiron Dinner in Washington, a white-tie gala put on by journalists that draws top politicians. "I had no rig...
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President Joe Biden fired Architect of the Capitol Brett Blanton on Monday, Blanton, according to an inspector general report, had misused a government car as well as impersonated a police officer. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California), as well as House Administration Committee members Bryan Steil (R-Wisconsin) and Joseph Morelle (D-New York), had called for Blanton’s removal earlier. The Architect of the Capitol is a presidentially appointed position that oversees the maintenance and modernization of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington D.C. Blanton, as Architect of the Capitol, was...
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