The operation is “ongoing” nearly a month after it was uncovered, according to four government agencies that described the hacking as an intelligence-gathering effort.
TV Networks Shift From Coverage of Electoral Tally to Storming of Capitol
News producers prepared for an unusual political event and switched to chronicling the siege by a pro-Trump mob.
President Trump’s message to the mob at the Capitol played on a monitor in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House on Wednesday. Credit.Mandel Ngan/Agence France-Presse Getty Images
“This is a crime,” said Rachel Maddow of MSNBC.
“This is the most significant breach of an American government institution” since the War of 1812, said Chad Pergram, the veteran congressional reporter on Fox News, adding: “The mob upended American democracy today.”
updates.]
The end of voting appeared to unfold smoothly in Georgia on Tuesday in the state’s high-stakes runoff elections, which will determine which party controls the Senate and set the agenda for the new administration in Washington.
Election protection lawyers reported no major problems with voting machines or extended waits at polling places.
Two Republicans, David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, are battling to keep their seats. If their Democratic challengers, Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock, both win, Democrats will reclaim the Senate majority.
Control of the Senate will effectively set the parameters of President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s first two years in office. A Republican-led Senate would complicate his ability to staff his cabinet, pass legislation and drive his political priorities.
Trump urges Pence to summon extreme courage to send back electoral votes to states Follow Us
Question of the Day By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times - Wednesday, January 6, 2021
President Trump urged Vice President Mike Pence to show “extreme courage” on Wednesday to send back states’ electoral votes for a recount when Congress begins to receive the Electoral College totals.
“States want to correct their votes, which they now know were based on irregularities and fraud, plus corrupt process never received legislative approval,” Mr. Trump tweeted. “All Mike Pence has to do is send them back to the States, AND WE WIN. Do it Mike, this is a time for extreme courage!”