Capitol Hill - The African Mirror

Feb

2021

Video of violence at Capitol open Trump’s historic impeachment trial

DAVID MORGAN and RICHARD COWAN DONALD Trump's historic post-presidency impeachment trial began in the Senate on Tuesday, with Democrats who are hoping to disqualify him from ever again holding public office showing graphic video of last month's deadly storming of the U.S. Capitol that he is charged with inciting. The dramatic proceedings in the 100-seat Senate focused upon the question of whether holding a trial after Trump has left office, as he did on January 20, violates the U.S. Constitution, which allows for impeachment for "high crimes and misdemeanors." House of Representatives Democrats serving as prosecutors opened their case by…

Jan

2021

By The African Mirror

Siege of Capitol Hill: The weathered shoe is now on the other foot.

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

GENEVA HAMILTON DEAR United States Government, The wheel is round. Sincerely The Third World Recently, a marauding mob of Americans rejected the outcome of a democratic election and forcefully tried to ensure the power of an outgoing president who meets the criteria of an everyday dictator. Although this narrative is the foundation of modern history for the third world, this weathered shoe is now on the other foot; if not firmly planted in the bottom of the US government, that grand global power that believes it controls the world. Yes indeed, the wheel turned this week as a sovereign government…

Jan

2021

By The African Mirror

Trump faces 2nd impeachment after Capitol siege

WORLD

RICHARD COWAN and JOSEPH AX CONGRESSIONAL Democrats have weighed impeaching President Donald Trump for a second time, two days after his false claims of election fraud helped encourage a mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol. Democratic leaders including House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called for immediate impeachment proceedings if Vice President Mike Pence and Trump's cabinet refused to take steps to remove Trump from power. "The president's dangerous and seditious acts necessitate his immediate removal from office," they said in a statement on Thursday evening, accusing Trump of inciting an "insurrection." As calls…

Jan

2021

By The African Mirror

After Capitol violence, Trump faces removal and staff exodus

WORLD

ANDY SULLIVAN and JONATHAN LANDAY THE top two Democrats in Congress have called for President Donald Trump to be removed from office, one day after his supporters stormed and vandalized the U.S. Capitol in a harrowing assault on American democracy. With 13 days left in Trump's term, House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer both said Vice President Mike Pence should invoke the U.S. Constitution to remove him from office before then. Absent that, they said Congress should move quickly to expel him through the impeachment process. "We are in a very difficult place in…