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The January 2021 attack on the US Capitol, which prompted discussions about invoking the 25th Amendment.
There is intense and media scrutiny but no publicly released, verifiable roster showing that has hired individuals pardoned for participation in the ; lawmakers have demanded documents to determine wh...
Congressional Democrats — led by — have formally asked the and the to produce , pardon lists, communications and recruitment materials to determine whether has hired individuals connected to the attac...
went from a highly visible, violent street‑movement to a fractured, legally embattled organization: many leaders and members were arrested and convicted for their roles in the , 2021, attack on the Ca...
The federal legal definition of "" appears in the and codified at 18 U.S.C. § 2331: it describes activities that involve acts dangerous to human life, violate criminal law, appear intended to intimida...
crossed party lines on January 13, 2021, to join in on a single article—incitement of insurrection—after the breach, citing his role in encouraging the attack and betraying his oath; those members wer...
Donald Trump was impeached by the House for "incitement of insurrection" after January 6, 2021, but he has not been criminally charged with the specific federal crime of incitement or insurrection; th...
Multiple criminal investigations and prosecutions have been opened into : across 2023 he was the subject of four major criminal cases (two federal and two state), one of which produced a historic conv...
The issued by granted sweeping clemency to roughly 1,500 people charged in connection with the January 6, 2021, attack and separately commuted the prison terms of 14 individuals—described by and multi...
The Twenty-Fifth Amendment codifies how the United States fills presidential and vice‑presidential vacancies and how presidential inability is managed, providing four sections that collectively govern...
No — the United States has not “activated Article 25” (the 25th Amendment’s incapacity provision, Section 4); Section 4 has never been used to remove a sitting president, while the Amendment’s Section...
The Twenty‑Fifth Amendment codifies presidential succession, fills vice‑presidential vacancies, and creates procedures to handle presidential incapacity; it was proposed by Congress in 1965 and ratifi...
several banks publicly acknowledged ending or curtailing relationships with or — most prominently , , , and small lenders — and the institutions variously framed their decisions as driven by risk, reg...
are an expansive constitutional power that have repeatedly produced high-profile controversy when used to shield allies, family members, political allies or foreign figures, and when timed or framed i...
Yes. Reporting links to several incidents and public statements that attracted media criticism—most prominently his stewardship of during and after the platform’s role in organizing the , 2021, Capito...
The has never been formally invoked to remove or suspend ; instead, it has been the subject of recurring calls and discussion at moments of political alarm, notably after and more recently over public...
The short answer: many organized white supremacist groups and individual adherents have in recent decades tended to favor and causes, but the relationship is complex, historically contingent, and not ...
displays multiple features that scholars, journalists, and activists map onto classical and contemporary definitions of fascism—cult of personality, nationalist rebirth rhetoric, authoritarian impulse...
Federal prosecutors pursued seditious-conspiracy charges against leaders and members of two organized extremist groups tied to the , attack: key leaders and lieutenants of the and the ; juries ultimat...
’s 2021 inaugural fundraising was roughly two‑thirds the size of ’s 2017 haul: Biden’s inaugural committee reported raising about $61.8–$63.8 million, while Trump’s 2017 committee took in roughly $100...
Informal Cabinet conversations about invoking Section 4 of the Twenty-fifth Amendment have been documented primarily through contemporaneous news reporting, retrospective legal scholarship and archiva...