Watchdog Group Files ‘Criminal Sedition Complaint’ Against Trump: ‘This Cannot Go Unanswered’ Colin Kalmbacher
President
Donald Trump’s controversial speech immediately prior to last week’s attack on the U.S. Capitol by his own supporters has repeatedly been likened to the federal crime of seditious conspiracy. Though some have cautioned that such charges are unlikely to be brought, the chorus in favor thereof nonetheless appears to be growing louder by the day.
On Monday, non-partisan government watchdog organization Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) penned an open letter to Acting Attorney General
Jeffrey Rosen and FBI Director
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First Lady Melania Trump has kept her powder dry on the storming of the U.S. Capitol for five days. Until today. The First Lady, on Monday, released a statement in which she shredded “the salacious gossip, unwarranted personal attacks, and false, misleading accusations on me – from people who are looking to be relevant and have an agenda.”
She also condemned the violence at the Capitol. “Violence is never acceptable,” she said.
Melania Trump makes first statement after Capitol riot
“Make no mistake about it, I absolutely condemn the violence that has occurred on our Nation’s Capitol. Violence is never acceptable.”https://t.co/B8M9LV9sUX
Trenton Bureau
The New Jersey Legislature passed a resolution Monday condemning President Donald Trump for inciting a riot at the Capitol last week, despite objections from several Republicans who said the action would further political division, among other concerns.
The resolution sponsored by Sen. Ron Rice, D-Newark and chair of the Legislative Black Caucus, condemns President Trump and his extremist supporters who were incited by the president to lawlessly attack and occupy the United States Capitol on Jan. 6.
It urges Trump to resign or be removed for being unfit to serve.
The purely symbolic and non-binding resolution drew an hour of heated debate in the Senate, moreso than any other item on the chamber s to-do list of 31 bills. Lawmakers had opened their first voting session of 2021 with a moment of silence in honor of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, a South River native killed in the attack in Washington, D.C.
First lady says she was ‘disappointed and disheartened with what happened last week’ then goes on to decry ‘salacious gossip’ she endured in recent days