US House delivers Trump impeachment article to Senate

The House impeachment case against Donald Trump has been delivered to the Senate for his upcoming trial, CNN reported on Tuesday.

Walking from one side of the US Capitol to the other, nine House managers appointed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi hand-delivered the impeachment document to the Senate on Monday evening.

Under the US Constitution, impeachment hearings must begin the day after the documents placed in the Senate. But senators could take another two weeks to begin the hearing, as new President Joe Biden's cabinet is not yet complete.

All the members of Congress who took the impeachment motion are from the Democratic Party. The other eight members are Diana Degette, David Sicilini, Joaquin Castro, Eric Salwell, Ted Liu, Stacey Plasket, Joe Negus, and Madeleine Dean. They will argue in the Senate why Trump should be indicted.

The House impeached Trump on January 13 on the same charge – making him the first president in US history to be impeached twice.

According to CNN, Trump is making legal preparations to address the impeachment hearing in the Senate.It is learned that the former president is staying in Florida after leaving the White House. He spends most of his time there playing golf. Source: https://www.daily-bangladesh.com

Read More........ → January 28, 2021

Trump pardons Bannon as his final act in White House

President Donald Trump pardoned his influential former chief strategist Steve Bannon, in a last-minute decision made only hours before he is scheduled to depart the White House for a final time on Wednesday.

After much deliberation, Trump told his people that he had decided to pardon Bannon as “one of his final acts” in office.

In a statement, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany wrote, “President Trump granted a full pardon to Stephen Bannon. Prosecutors pursued Bannon with charges related to fraud stemming from his involvement in a political project.” 

“Bannon has been an important leader in the conservative movement and is known for his political acumen,” the statement also read.

Steve Bannon faced a federal case that began in August when New York federal prosecutors charged him and three others with defrauding donors of more than a million dollars as part of a fundraising campaign purportedly aimed at supporting Trump’s border wall, according to CNN.

Bannon’s pardon would follow a frantic scramble during the President’s final hours in the office as attorneys and top aides debated his inclusion on Trump’s outgoing clemency list.

Despite their falling out in recent years, Trump was eager to pardon his former aide after recently reconnecting with him as he helped fan Trump’s conspiracy theories about the election. Source: CNN, Source: https://www.daily-bangladesh.com

Read More........ → January 20, 2021

YouTube suspends Trump`s channel, removes video

YouTube on Tuesday temporarily suspended the US President Donald Trump's channel and removed a video for violating its policy against inciting violence. 

"In light of concerns about the ongoing potential for violence, we removed new content uploaded to Donald J. Trump's channel for violating our policies," the Google-owned company said in a statement. 

The channel is now "temporarily prevented from uploading new content for a 'minimum' of 7 days," the statement read.

Last week, Facebook has suspended Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts "indefinitely" following the violent invasion of the US Capitol by a mob of his supporters, which temporarily disrupted the certification of President-elect Joe Biden's election victory.

Twitter went a step further by deleting Trump's account, depriving him of his favourite platform. Trump also was hit with suspensions by services like Snapchat and Twitch Source: https://www.daily-bangladesh.com

Read More........ → January 13, 2021