A deputy White House chief of staff are considering resigning over the president’s encouragement of protests that led to his supporters storming the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday,... moreA deputy White House chief of staff are considering resigning over the president’s encouragement of protests that led to his supporters storming the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, according to people familiar with the matter.Those who are discussing stepping down include National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien and his deputy, Matt Pottinger, the people said. Also considering resigning is Chris Liddell, assistant to the president and deputy chief of staff for policy coordination, the people said.Trump Orders Troop Drawdown in Iraq, Afghanistan by Jan. 15 Robert O’BrienPhotographer: Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/BloombergA deputy White House press secretary, Sarah Matthews, said she had resigned over Wednesday’s violence at the Capitol, in which one unidentified woman was killed by a gunshot.Stay home reading the news and playing 8 ball pool game for fun!Read more: Bloomberg.com less
Hot news of the day in US: Do you like cookie clicker game? and Do you know storm Capitol was 4 dead, Congress evacuated, National Guard activated after pro-Trump riotersTrump,... moreHot news of the day in US: Do you like cookie clicker game? and Do you know storm Capitol was 4 dead, Congress evacuated, National Guard activated after pro-Trump riotersTrump, who earlier Wednesday called on his supporters to march to the Capitol and even suggested that he might join them before he ultimately returned to the White House, addressed the chaos and the unrest in a series of tweets that were eventually flagged by Twitter as spreading false election claims and posing "a risk of violence.""I just felt compelled to be here, because it seems like our republic is slipping away from us," Bjorklund said. He added, baselessly, that there were "mountains of evidence of fraud" and detailed conspiracy theories about Dominion voting machines.The top Democrats in Congress echoed Biden's message: “We are calling on President Trump to demand that all protestors leave the U.S. Capitol and Capitol Grounds immediately," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi,... less