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The storming of the US Capitol marks the 6th of January. An announced media briefing by the elected US President Donald Trump is not taking place after all.
Anniversary on January 6th: When Trump supporters storm the Capitol, five people are killed.
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Trump has now canceled a media conference on the anniversary.
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January 6th marks the anniversary of the storming of the Capitol by supporters of the elected US President Donald Trump.
To this end, he announced a press conference.
This is not taking place because of the “total bias and dishonesty” of the media.
Former US President Donald Trump has canceled a scheduled press conference on the anniversary of the storming of the US Capitol on January 6th. Trump justified the cancellation on Tuesday with the “total bias and dishonesty” of the media and the congressional committee, which is investigating the attack by his supporters on parliament. Trump also railed again against the alleged “fraud” in the 2020 presidential election.
“That was the crime of the century,” wrote Trump in the statement. While the event planned for Thursday at his Mar-a-Lago property in Palm Beach, Florida, will no longer take place, Trump reiterated that he will speak at a rally in Arizona on January 15.
Trump announced the conference shortly before Christmas. To this day he has not admitted his electoral defeat against Biden and regularly spreads his allegations of election fraud.
Five dead in a storm on the Capitol
Hundreds of radical Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in early January 2021 when Biden’s election victory was to be certified there. Five people died, including a police officer and an attacker who was shot by an officer. The storming of the seat of Congress caused appalling reactions worldwide and is considered a black day in the history of US democracy.
The ex-president and his supporters try to portray the storming of the Capitol as a legitimate protest against a rigged election. The right-wing populist, extremely popular with the conservative base, is still the strong man among the Republicans – and is toying with a renewed presidential candidacy in 2024.
Impeachment failed
Impeachment proceedings were initiated against the elected president in January. In the impeachment process in the Senate, however, the two-thirds majority required for a conviction was ultimately missed.
In the summer, the House of Representatives set up a committee of inquiry to clarify the background to the storming of the Capitol. Among other things, the question of what role Trump and his environment played in the attack. House Chairwoman Democrat Nancy Pelosi has announced a series of commemorative events for the first anniversary of the Capitol storm.
(AFP / chk)