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The January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol and Trump's role in provoking the mob.
No — the 25th Amendment has not been formally invoked to remove President Trump or to render him unable to discharge the powers and duties of the office under Section 4, and the mechanism for involunt...
Donald J. Trump has been impeached twice by the House—first in 2019 on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress and again in 2021 for incitement of insurrection—and in both instances the ...
The can, in theory, be used to remove a sitting president from power — Section 4 allows the vice president together with a majority of the to declare the president “unable to discharge the powers and ...
Immediately after telling his supporters “we fight, we fight like hell,” President Donald Trump pivoted to telling the crowd they would march to the Capitol — saying words to the effect of “We’re goin...
The question of whether Donald Trump has been a net negative for the United States requires weighing measurable policy outcomes against broader institutional and social effects; evidence in the record...
The classified‑documents indictment accuses a former president of unlawfully retaining and concealing sensitive government records after leaving office and obstructing efforts to recover them, while t...
The 25th Amendment has been used several times to manage brief, voluntary transfers of power and has been seriously considered—but never completed—for removing a president deemed incapacitated; Sectio...
Across multiple recent studies and reporting, actual incidents of politically motivated violence and high-profile attacks on elected officials have been concentrated more heavily among supporters of D...
concluded after a lengthy investigation that the January 6, 2021 attack on amounted to an driven by a coordinated effort to overturn and that played a leading role, recommending criminal referrals inc...
Donald Trump’s response to the January 6, 2021, attack — a mix of a rally speech that used violent imagery, hours of televised inaction while the Capitol was under siege, belated calls for peace, and ...
Section 4 of the 25th Amendment — the constitutional mechanism that allows the vice president and a majority of the Cabinet (or a congressionally created body) to declare the president unable to disch...
Within minutes of Donald Trump’s “Save America” speech at the Ellipse on January 6, 2021, many in the crowd began moving toward the U.S. Capitol and soon a violent breach unfolded, prompting immediate...