Tuesday, June 3, 2025
The Lagos Today
  • Login
No Result
View All Result
No Result
View All Result
The Lagos Today
No Result
View All Result
Home World News

Trump Should Never Hold Office Again- US Insurrection Report

by Eucharia Egwuma
December 24, 2022
in World News
Reading Time: 3 mins read
0
0
Donald Trump closes down blog set up after social media ban – less than a month after its launch
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Donald Trump should never be allowed to run for public office again after inciting an insurrection, lawmakers investigating last year’s assault on the US Capitol concluded in their watershed final report.

The recommendation led a list of proposals from the 845-page document aimed at ensuring there is no repeat of the deadly riot the ex-president is accused of orchestrating in a failed bid to cling to power after losing the 2020 election.

“Our country has come too far to allow a defeated president to turn himself into a successful tyrant by upending our democratic institutions (and) fomenting violence,” the panel’s chairman Bennie Thompson said in an introduction to the report, released late Thursday.

The document urges lawmakers to legislate so that Trump and others who “engaged in insurrection” can be barred from holding office — “whether federal or state, civilian or military.”

It was the culmination of 18 months of work by congressional investigators who interviewed more than 1,000 witnesses to establish the primary cause of the attack, which they blamed squarely on the Republican billionaire.

The committee also recommended reforms of election law, a federal crackdown on extremist groups and the designation of Congress’s certification of presidential elections as a “national special security event” on a par with the annual State of the Union address.

It was the panel’s final act before it is disbanded as the House of Representatives switches to Republican control in January.

The party has opposed the investigation at every step and the switch in the balance of power raises doubts over the possibility of most of the recommendations ever being taken up.

Trump posted a statement on his Truth Social platform misrepresenting the role of Democratic leadership in security preparations ahead of the attack, and decrying a “witch hunt,” as he does with most investigations accusing him of misconduct.

The report was long on detail but short on new revelations as the committee had already set out its case against Trump over eight blockbuster public hearings in the summer.

Its seven Democrats and two rebel Republicans allege that Trump “oversaw and coordinated a sophisticated seven-part plan to overturn the presidential election and prevent the transfer of presidential power.”

The panel has begun turning over evidence to independent prosecutor Jack Smith, who is overseeing federal probes into Trump’s role in the riot and his handling of government secrets improperly stored at his Florida beach club.

“If the evidence is as we presented it, I’m convinced the Justice Department will charge former President Trump,” committee chairman Thompson told CNN ahead of the report’s release.

The twice-impeached 76-year-old Trump is also facing criminal and civil investigations into his business practices and efforts to overturn his election defeat in the swing state of Georgia.

AFP

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • X

Like this:

Like Loading...
Tags: Donald TrumpUnited States of America
Previous Post

Man City Knock Out Holders Liverpool In League Cup Thriller

Next Post

Lagos LG Chair Bans All-Night Street Carnivals

Eucharia Egwuma

Eucharia Egwuma

Related Posts

The Global Innovation Race: Can Africa Afford to Move Slowly?

by Iyanu Ale
March 3, 2025
0

Africa has long lagged behind the rest of the world in economic development, with an economy smaller than India’s and...

Ethiopia’s Digital Stock Exchange Revolutionizes Trading

Ethiopia’s Digital Stock Exchange Revolutionizes Trading

by Iyanu Ale
January 13, 2025
0

The launch of Ethiopia's first stock exchange in 50 years marks a significant milestone in the country's economic development. This...

Next Post
Lagos To Hold Council Polls in July

Lagos LG Chair Bans All-Night Street Carnivals

Please login to join discussion

Recommended

Man Accuses LASTMA Officials of Absconding with Bleeding Wife, Theft

How sharing same building with LASTMA expose us to Attacks – FRSC

2 years ago
OsunDecides2022: PDP’s Adeleke In Early Lead

OsunDecides2022: PDP’s Adeleke In Early Lead

3 years ago

Popular News

    Connect with us

    Tags

    #EndSARS 2023 Elections 2023 polls 2023 Presidency ACCIDENT Africa All progressives Congress APC Asiwaju Bola Tinubu Babajide Sanwo-Olu CBN Central Bank of NIgeria Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Coronavirus pandemic Covid-19 Covid-19 in Lagos Covid-19 in Nigeria Covid-19 Vaccine Cryptocurrency Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC Federal Government Federal Government of Nigeria Fraud Gov. Sanwo-Olu House of Representatives Lagos-Ibadan expressway Lagos state Lagos State Government Lagos State House of Assembly Lagos State Police command Muhammadu Buhari Murder Naira NDLEA Nigeria Nigeria Customs Service Nigerian Economy Nigeria Police Force Rape Strike action TECH UK United Kingdom US

    News

    Opinion

    © 2020 The Lagos Today - Nkali.

    Welcome Back!

    Login to your account below

    Forgotten Password?

    Retrieve your password

    Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

    Log In
    No Result
    View All Result

    © 2020 The Lagos Today - Nkali.

    %d