Biden gives emotional farewell in Delaware- WASHINGTON (AP) The Latest on Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration (all times local):2:05 p.m.In an emotional farewell, President-elect Joe Biden promised that even as he departs for Washington, D.C., to be sworn in, “I’ll always be a proud son of.
Politics by Ben Graham, Natalie Brown and Sam Clench 19th Jan 2021 5:17 AM | Updated: 20th Jan 2021 5:42 AM Â The US Studies Centre s Dr Gorana Grgic says Donald Trump s legacy will ultimately be determined by the events which have occurred in the last few weeks. It is President Donald Trump s last full day in office, and the US is bracing for a flurry of last-minute pardons from the White House. Mr Trump is expected to announce as many as 100 pardons and commutations before the end of the day. The President s official public schedule is empty, save for this line, which has appeared on the schedule pretty much every day this month: President Trump will work from early in the morning until late in the evening. He will make many calls and have many meetings.
Even as Trump exits, Democrats say ‘most dangerous crime’ demands a Senate trial [Los Angeles Times]
President Trump’s staunchest allies sought on Sunday to stave off a trial for him in the Senate over the storming of the U.S Capitol by a mob of his supporters, while Democrats demanded he be held accountable for what one called the “most dangerous crime by a president ever committed against the United States.”
Three days before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, Trump remained out of public view, sequestered in the White House while thousands of National Guard troops cordoned off a huge swath of official Washington, including the stately Capitol building on whose steps Biden will take the oath of office Wednesday.