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“I had a long conversation with him,” Inhofe told the outlet. “He said, ‘After all the things I’ve done for [Trump].’ ” While those comments came before the mob descended on the Capitol on Wednesday while a joint session of Congress met to certify the votes, Inhofe added to Tulsa World on Wednesday that he believed Trump “should have shown more disdain for the rioters” who swarmed the building calling on lawmakers not to certify the election results. “I don’t want to say he should have apologized — that’s not exactly accurate — but he should have expressed more d...

© Getty Images U.S. military leaders in Africa sought to reassure their troops Thursday after supporters of President Trump “America has withstood much greater and graver challenges in the past, our Constitution remains our bedrock, and our system of government is strong, resilient and will prevail,” U.S. Africa Command (Africom) chief Gen. Stephen Townsend and the command’s senior enlisted leader, Sgt. Maj. Richard Thresher, said in a statement addressed to members of their force who “may be concerned about the event we saw unfold back home.” “The American people expect, and nee...

© Bonnie Cash Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller on Thursday condemned the violent attacks on the U.S. Capitol more than 24 hours after President Trump “Yesterday’s violence at the Capitol was reprehensible and contrary to the tenets of the United States Constitution,” Miller said in a statement.  “I strongly condemn these acts of violence against our democracy. I, and the people I lead in the Department of Defense, continue to perform our duties in accordance with our oath of office, and will execute the time-honored peaceful transition of power to President-elect Biden on Janua...

Wednesday marked the most drastic action the platforms have taken against Trump’s accounts.  The move was triggered by a one-minute video Trump posted urging his supporters who forced their way into the Capitol to go home, but in the video he also repeated unsubstantiated claims about widespread election fraud.  The video was removed by Facebook, Twitter and YouTube by early Wednesday evening.  ADVERTISEMENT Trump followed up with a similar text post on Facebook and Twitter, which was also later removed before the platforms locked Trump’s account.  Amid the suspension of his account, ...

The New York Times reports that two people with knowledge of the discussions verified that the president had raised the issue in recent days; the move, never before attempted by a U.S. president, would be of questionable legality as experts disagree over whether a president has the power to unilaterally declare himself above the law before leaving office. The Times reports that Trump has fretted openly about the possibility of a Justice Department controlled by President-elect Joe Biden Joe BidenThe Hill's Morning Report - Biden leans heavily into gun controlJustice Dept. faces risks, rewards...