The riots on January 6, 2021 and the storming of the Capitol mark the culmination of Trump’s defeat by Joe Biden.Picture: ZUMA Wire / Miguel Juarez Lugo
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A mob of tens of thousands angry people trying to undermine American democracy. They see it as their right, believe in the myth of a stolen election, adore a president who is at this point serving his last days in office – and fueling the crowd at the same time.
The insurgents are endangering high-ranking politicians in Washington DC, after their storming of the US Parliament the balance sheet is devastating: Five dead, thousands injured, two suicides immediately after the events.
On January 6, 2021, an angry mob stormed the Capitol in Washington DCPicture: ZUMA Wire / Essdras M Suarez
The final report of a committee of inquiry now traces the attempted coup of 2021 on 845 pages. And the committee sees one person as the origin of it all: Donald Trump.
In its final report, the committee of inquiry into the storming of the US Capitol advises excluding Donald Trump from another presidency. The proposal is one of a total of eleven recommendations in the panel’s report published on Thursday evening.
According to the 14th Amendment, someone who swore an oath to the Constitution but then participated in an insurrection against the Constitution or supported enemies of the Constitution could be barred from holding public office in the future, the document said.
The air is slowly getting thin for ex-President Donald Trump.Image: www.imago-images.de / ZUMA Wire
The Committee therefore calls on Congress to establish mechanisms to consider constitutionally barring those named in the final report from holding public office at the state or state level. Trump announced in mid-November that he wanted to run again as a Republican candidate in the 2024 presidential election.
On January 6, 2021, Trump supporters stormed the seat of the US Congress, where the Republican’s election defeat by Joe Biden was to be authenticated. A crowd, incited by Trump, violently entered the building.
Democrat Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election.Image: AP / Patrick Semansky
The committee had been investigating the incident for the past 18 months.
Committee recommends indicting Donald Trump
In its last public hearing on Monday, the committee recommended that the Justice Department take criminal action against Trump and others involved. Other proposals from the panel include strengthening security at key congressional events, overhauling Capitol police oversight, and increasing penalties for threatening poll workers.
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