{"id":1117556,"date":"2022-06-10T19:18:30","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T19:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/10\/donald-trump-behind-attempted-coup-to-overthrow-us-govt-politics\/"},"modified":"2022-06-10T19:18:30","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T19:18:30","slug":"donald-trump-behind-attempted-coup-to-overthrow-us-govt-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/10\/donald-trump-behind-attempted-coup-to-overthrow-us-govt-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Behind Attempted Coup To Overthrow US Govt | Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Thousands of Donald Trump&#8217;s supporters, fueled by his claims of voter fraud, flooded the nation&#8217;s capital to protest the expected certification of Joe Biden&#8217;s White House victory by the US Congress, and the former president was behind it, an inquiry by Capitol Hill lawmakers has found.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>A congressional inquiry on Thursday, June 9, heard the former president played a crucial role in trying to violently stop the presidential elections from being authorized.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Trump said the election had been \u2018stolen\u2019 and \u2018rigged\u2019 by supporters of Joe Biden, claims which have been categorically proven false.<br \/>A huge mob, some of them armed, forced their way through police lines, many threatening to kill politicians inside,  vice president Mike Pence as they overran the building where legislators were meeting to certify the results of the election he lost to Joe Biden on January 6, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The inquiry on Thursday heard an account that claimed Trump said his former number two \u2018deserves it\u2019 as crowds chanted they would hang Mr Pence.<\/p>\n<p>Five people died and more than 130 police officers were injured, as they battled to stay in control of the capitol hill.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Congresswoman Liz Cheney said: \u2018President Trump summoned a violent mob.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018When a president fails to take the steps necessary to preserve our union \u2013 or worse, causes a constitutional crisis \u2013 we\u2019re in a moment of maximum danger for our republic.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The hearing was played 12 minutes of new footage of the deadly violence, as well as testimony from Trump\u2019s inner circle  his daughter Ivanka and son in-law Jared Kushner.<\/p>\n<p>The House committee said the former president\u2019s &#8216;repeated lies&#8217; about election fraud and his public effort to stop Joe Biden\u2019s victory led to the capitol attack.<\/p>\n<p>Congressman Bennie Thompson, chairman of the panel, said during the hearing: \u2018Democracy remains in danger.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018January 6 was the culmination of an attempted coup, a brazen attempt, as one rioter put it shortly after January 6, to overthrow the government.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The violence was no accident.\u2019<\/p>\n<h3><strong\/><\/h3>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"clear:both\">\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"peace_red_text_1\">Disclaimer<\/span>: <span class=\"peace_ash_text_1\">Opinions expressed here are those of the writers and do not reflect those of Peacefmonline.com. 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