Congress confirms Trump as president

Convicted criminal

Even more important before he takes office is the announcement of the verdict Hush money trial be against Trump: On January 10ten days before the transfer of power, at 9:30 a.m. local time, Trump must appear in New York for the verdict – in person or virtually. Judge Juan Merchan did indicate that there would be neither a prison sentence nor a fine, but would stick with the sentence announced in May, a so-called “unconditional discharge”. This is “the most viable option,” Merchan said. Nevertheless, the historic condemnation of a US president would remain: Trump would be on January 20th to the White House as a convicted felon move in.

For the first time, the Department of Homeland Security has given the certification of Trump’s victory, which amounts to a formality, the title of a “National Special Security Event.” This applies around the parliamentary district Safety regulations like the “Super Bowl”, the final game for the football championship taking place on February 9th in New Orleans. In view of the recent attack that left 14 dead by a suspected radical Islamist assassin who drove a car into a crowd, the security organs in DC have put their concept to the test.

The most comprehensive ones are planned Roadblocks and metal security fences and stone bollards around the Parliament building. In addition to armed hundreds of local police, the FBI, the Secret Service and Homeland Security, some of which are on standby, drones are used to monitor the extensive area 24/7.

Dark memories

Dem 119th Congress, who only met for its constituent meeting on Friday, should definitely be spared what shook the 118th to its foundations: because he did not want to accept his 2020 defeat against Joe Biden, knitted up the legend of election fraud directed against him and brought tens of thousands of supporters with him a speech, the ritual of certifying the Democrat’s election victory four years ago was brutally disrupted.

Before the joint meeting of the Senate and House of Representatives on January 6, 2021where the votes of the “electoral college” were to be finally counted, Hundreds of violent Trump supporters stormed the Capitol. They beat police officers with flagpoles, baseball bats and stun guns, smashed windows, vandalized representatives’ offices and, with intent to kill, searched for then-Vice President Mike Pence, who had refused to break his oath of office for Trump.

The coup-like scenes claimed several lives Fatalities. Dozens of MPs feared for their lives. Trump watched the goings-on in the White House on television for hours and only, after massive pressure from his closest advisers, agreed to give a short speech to urge the mob he had incited to retreat.

Trump wants to pardon rioters

To date there are over 1000 Rioters tried in court and sentenced to years in prison, including representatives of right-wing extremist militias such as the “Proud Boys” and the “Oath Keepers”. Trump almost exclusively considers them to be “hostages” of the state. He wants to remember January 6, 2021 as a “Day of Love” and has announced that he will do so on his first working day of his second presidency Right of pardon to make use of.

This time there will be no disruption from the Trump camp. The Democrat Kamala Harriswho as the current Vice President will preside over the vote certification today, quickly admitted her election defeat, the outgoing President Joe Biden ensuring an orderly transition.

Small opposition

Unlike 2021, when Trump’s unfounded allegations of fraud began, today, according to polls, six out of ten Republicans believe that Trump’s election last November was right-wing.

Just a small, oppositional movement calling itself “14th Now!” calls, ticks differently. The activists who focus on the 14th Amendment of the American Constitution have been demonstrating against Donald Trump in the vicinity of the Capitol since Saturday and are calling on Congress to deny the Republican’s certification of his election victory and to make Kamala Harris president. They point out that the Constitution says that people who have “participated in insurrection or rebellion” are prohibited from holding political office. They blame Trump for the dark hours at the Capitol four years ago, when US democracy was almost undermined.

The initiators are not impressed by the fact that Supreme Court a year ago decided in favor of Trump that he had not violated the constitution with his various attempts at influence on January 6, 2021. “Say no to a disqualified, convicted insurgent,” says the posters of the demonstrators, who so far have no numerical significance.