Lawmakers will continue with their certification of the Electoral College vote count late Wednesday evening after the Capitol building was besieged by pro-Trump protesters.
US News: Pro-Trump rioters who overtook the US Capitol on Wednesday and stormed past police barricades vandalised the office of Nancy Pelosi, speaker of
Pro-Trump rioters who overtook the US Capitol on Wednesday and stormed past police barricades vandalised the office of Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Pelosi s aides said the mob shattered a big mirror in the office of the 80-year-old top Democrat and took the nameplate from above the door of her office in the highly-secure building. One image captured a Trump supporter sitting with his feet up on the desk of Pelosi, a fierce critic of the President Donald Trump, a Republican. Rioters flipped over tables and tore down photographs from the walls, according to The New York Times.
Pelosi s aides said the mob shattered a big mirror in the office of the 80-year-old top Democrat and took the nameplate from above the door of her office in the highly-secure building.
In this file photo, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., stands with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., as a joint session of the House and Senate convenes to confirm the Electoral College votes cast in November’s election, at the . more > By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times - Thursday, January 7, 2021
Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer plans to fire the Senate Sergeant at Arms once his party has control of the upper chamber.
“If Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Stenger hasn’t vacated the position by then, I will fire him as soon as Democrats have a majority in the Senate,” the New York Democrat told POLITICO.