Trump’s lawyers noted that in the same Jan. 6 speech he encouraged the crowd to behave “peacefully,” and they contend that his remarks and his general distrust of the election results are all protected under the First Amendment. Democrats strenuously resist that assertion, saying his words weren’t political speech but rather amounted to direct incitement of violence..

Back in the dining room, a chair was knocked over and a curtain was wrapped around the chair. He confirmed this shows there was movement from one side of the room to the other that ended in Amanda on the ground face down. He said there was a cell phone found near her arm, covered in blood.

“He was on point. He was telling us what to expect. He was telling us they weren’t very good at tackling. We going to put a game together, we got to have everybody play. Everybody got to show up. We soft; we just played soft tonight. The government rebuked Twitter on Wednesday for not complying with its orders to take down over 1,300 accounts and warned the social media giant that it needs to obey local laws. Several BJP leaders doubled down on the message as they urged their followers to switch to Twitter’s home grown rival Koo. The government has ordered Twitter to remove accounts and posts that it alleges are spreading misinformation about the farmers’ protests against new agricultural laws.

13. On December 27, 2020, federal legislation was enacted to help offset the impacts of the COVID pandemic. It included $25 billion for emergency rental assistance, to be allocated to local governments with populations of 200,000 or more residents. Cheney said the oath she took to the Constitution compelled her vote for impeachment, “and it doesn’t bend to partisanship, it doesn’t bend to political pressure.” She suggested that if she were in the Senate, she might vote to convict Trump over his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. Trump trial in the Senate begins Tuesday.

It was John Williams second day as a federal public defender in September 2015 when Governor Hutchinson originally set execution dates for most of these prisoners. (Williams is a former reporter for the Arkansas Times.) At that time, they were scheduled to be spaced out over a longer period but still organized as double executions. But a circuit judge stayed the executions and the state appealed to the Arkansas Supreme Court..

In September 2020, Joe Biden said: “President Trump may not think this is a national emergency, but I think going back to school for millions of children and the impacts on their families and the community is a national emergency. I believe that’s what it is.” If this was a national emergency six months ago, and remains one today, where’s Joe? Some would argue that he should have more time, and that patience is required. He’s only been in office a few weeks.