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We will all be impeachment experts by the end of this administration: |
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© Getty Images House Democrats just formally introduced an article of impeachment of President Trump following the Capitol Hill riot that left five dead. https://bit.ly/3scktUx The charge: Inciting a mob of supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol in an effort to overturn the presidential election results The three House Democrats that introduced the article: Reps. David Cicilline (R.I.), Ted Lieu (Calif.) and Jamie Raskin (Md.). More from The Hill’s Scott Wong and Mike Lillis: https://bit.ly/3scktUx Read the article of impeachment: https://bit.ly/3nCS2LY |
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| THE LIKELY ORDER OF EVENTS: |
| Today: Democrats will try to pass, by unanimous consent, a resolution for Vice President Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to sideline Trump. Trump’s allies in the House will almost certainly block this resolution, so it will not pass unanimously. Tuesday: So then Democrats will bring that same resolution to the House floor tomorrow. Wednesday: The earliest possible day that House Democrats could formally vote to impeach Trump. If the House passes impeachment articles: The articles would then head to the Senate for a trial. It’s still unclear whether the Senate would hold a trial immediately or potentially wait a few months to prioritize President-elect Biden’s agenda for his first 100 days. Details of the week from The Hill’s Jordain Carney: https://bit.ly/3i4x9Z5 |
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| JAMES CLYBURN SAYS A SENATE TRIAL COULD BE PUSHED FOR A FEW MONTHS: |
| House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) said on Sunday that an impeachment trial could be delayed to allow for President-elect Joe Biden’s first 100 days agenda. |
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| It’s Monday. I’m Cate Martel with a quick recap of the morning and what’s coming up. Send comments, story ideas and events for our radar to cmartel@thehill.com — and follow along on Twitter @CateMartel and Facebook. Did someone forward this to you? Want your own copy? Sign up here to receive The Hill's 12:30 Report in your inbox daily: http://bit.ly/2kjMNnn |
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*clears throat and practices best wrestling announcer voice* Coming in with 30+ years of experience in Republican and Democratic administrations, meet your next CIA director!: |
| Via The Hill’s Morgan Chalfant, “President-elect Joe Biden early Monday announced former Deputy Secretary of State William Burns as his nominee for director of the Central Intelligence Agency.” What to know about Burns: “Burns is a former career diplomat with more than three decades of experience in the Foreign Service. He retired in 2014 and currently serves as president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He has served in various national security roles across both Democratic and Republican administrations. Burns was U.S. ambassador to Russia between 2005 and 2008 and was U.S. ambassador to Jordan from 1998 to 2001.” |
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| TIDBIT RIGHT AFTER INAUGURATION — BIDEN AND HARRIS WILL VISIT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY WITH THE OBAMAS, BUSHES AND CLINTONS: |
| “The Biden inaugural theme is ‘America United.’ After they’re sworn in, Biden, Harris and their spouses will go to Arlington National Cemetery to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, inaugural committee announces. They’ll be joined by the Obamas, Bushes and Clintons.” (Via Bloomberg’s Jennifer Epstein) https://bit.ly/3sdWUuu |
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| THE AFTERMATH OF THE RIOTS | |
From the perspective of two Black Capitol Police officers — this will make your blood boil: |
| Via BuzzFeed’s Emmanuel Felton, two Black veteran officers of the Capitol Police described their experiences on Capitol Hill Wednesday. https://bit.ly/39nxVMU From one officer: “ ‘I got called a n----- 15 times today,’ the veteran officer shouted in the Rotunda to no one in particular. ‘Trump did this and we got all of these f------ people in our department that voted for him. How the f--- can you support him?’ ‘I cried for about 15 minutes and I just let it out.’ ” From another officer: “We were telling them to back up and get away and stop, and they’re telling us they are on our side, and they’re doing this for us, and they’re saying this as I’m getting punched in my face by one of them. ... That happened to a lot of us. We were getting pepper-sprayed in the face by those protesters — I'm not going to even call them protesters — by those domestic terrorists.” The full accounts from two Black officers protecting the Capitol: https://bit.ly/39nxVMU |
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Want to help the FBI? See if you recognize anyone in these photos: |
| The FBI released photos of persons of interest in the Capitol riots. Check out the photos: https://bit.ly/39q5oWQ More photos with their charges so far: https://bit.ly/2MOu0kp |
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| 25+ DOMESTIC TERRORISM INVESTIGATIONS HAVE BEEN OPENED: |
| https://bit.ly/3brXdft |
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| SIGHTS AND SOUNDS: |
| Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) was swarmed by protesters at the airport: Here is video of the incident — it has 11 million views already. https://bit.ly/2LmsuFV This hurts: Politico’s Burgess Everett tweeted, “48 hours later the Capitol is still in physical distress. Cigarette butts strewn, broken glass crunching under my feet. At least most of the amazing artwork, statues are untouched. Lots of doors with foot prints on them” Photos: https://bit.ly/3btP0qY These images are starting to emerge: 
© Twitter And remember the man who put his feet up in Speaker Pelosi’s office?: Want to see his mugshot? Here you go!: https://bit.ly/2LcA323 The man in tactical gear in the Senate turned himself in: https://bit.ly/3bs7JTS Police officers lined the street for Officer Brian Sicknick’s funeral procession: Photo from NBC’s Vaughn Hillyard: https://bit.ly/2LJmqHd This video of a rioter discovering he is on the no-fly list has nearly 16 million views so far: *I will not editorialize this video. I will not editorialize this video.* 
© Twitter Watch: https://bit.ly/39lvzxZ |
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| MORE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS THAT EMERGED OVER THE WEEKEND | |
| This realization continues to set in: Politico’s Melanie Zanona tweeted, “It's becoming increasingly clear that Jan. 6 was minutes, if not seconds, away from becoming a bloodbath inside the United States Capitol. We're just lucky the rioters didn't know what they were doing — and that there were some fast-thinking cops on the scene.” https://bit.ly/3i6ElUr Remember the viral video of protesters forcing their way up the stairs in the Senate?: The Huffington Post’s Igor Bobic captured video of a single police officer attempting to hold back rioters as they walk near the Senate. First, watch that video again.: https://bit.ly/3i4Ggsw ^ Bobic took that video at 2:14 p.m. The Senate was sealed at 2:15 p.m. Had the rioter turned right, he would have reached the entrance to the Senate, which was still not sealed. Let that sink in. 
© Twitter ^ What the Senate floor looked like at this moment: https://bit.ly/38wyggP As a warning, this video is very hard to watch.: 
© Twitter Watch: https://bit.ly/3sdFMoP “One more detail about the chase up the Senate steps by a mob carrying a Confederate flag: it happened in front of portrait of Sen. Blanche Kelso Bruce, a Mississippi Republican who was the first Black senator to serve a full term, during Reconstruction” Photos: https://bit.ly/3nFxAuc |
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Yes, but what about Venmo? Has he tried Venmo?: |
| Via Politico’s Gabby Orr, Daniel Lippman, Tina Nguyen and Sam Stein, “President Donald Trump has many prized possessions. But few seemed to inspire as much personal joy as his Twitter feed. ... On Friday night, he lost it. And, then, he lost his mind.” https://politi.co/2XuXHt0 The feeling in the White House: “The president is ‘ballistic,’ a senior administration official said after Twitter permanently took down his account, citing the possibility that it would be used in the final 12 days of Trump’s presidency to incite violence. The official said Trump was ‘scrambling to figure out what his options are.’ ” |
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| ARE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS LEGALLY ALLOWED TO BAN THE PRESIDENT?: |
| The Associated Press’s Kevin Freking explains why social media platforms are allowed to ban President Trump. https://bit.ly/2K4RMrz |
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| A LIST OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS THAT HAVE BOOTED PRESIDENT TRUMP: |
| Via Axios’s Sara Fischer and Ashley Gold: https://bit.ly/3i3K39D |
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| ‘STRIPPED OF TWITTER, TRUMP FACES A NEW CHALLENGE: HOW TO COMMAND ATTENTION’: |
| Via The New York Times’s Maggie Haberman: https://nyti.ms/38APBpb |
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| LATEST WITH THE CORONAVIRUS | |
DC residents 65+, you’re up!: |
| Via PoPville, starting today, Washington, D.C., residents who are 65 years old and up may begin to sign up for the COVID-19 vaccine. Details from the mayor’s office: https://bit.ly/2LqcGlr |
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| THE NUMBERS: |
| Coronavirus cases in the U.S.: 22,420,704 U.S. death toll: 374,425 Breakdown of the numbers: https://cnn.it/2UAgW3y |
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The feeling in DC: |
| This video has more than a million views so far. Warning, there is a lot of swearing in the clip. 
© Twitter Watch: https://bit.ly/35M7K1x |
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| The House meets for a pro forma session today. The Senate is out. “President Trump will work from early in the morning until late in the evening. He will make many calls and have many meetings.” President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will receive the President’s Daily Brief and will meet with advisers. 2 p.m. EST: Vice President Pence leads a White House coronavirus task force meeting in the Situation Room. Tuesday: President Trump visits the U.S. border in Texas. Details from the Texas Tribune: https://bit.ly/35rlG0w |
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| This morning: Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) held a briefing on the breach of the U.S. Capitol. Livestream: https://bit.ly/39qcbA5 Today: President-elect Biden receives his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. |
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| NOW FOR THE FUN STUFF...: | |
| Today is National Milk Day. |
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Because I think we could all use a lighter news story: |
| Via CNBC’s Melissa Repko, “Ben & Jerry’s has developed frozen dog treats called Doggie Desserts, which will be sold at grocery and pet stores.” https://cnb.cx/3sp5ZB0 |
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| And because this video actually made me laugh out loud, here’s a dog who LOVES to watch horse racing. Its reaction when the horses begin is incredible: https://bit.ly/3bwuCpc |
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