Live coverage of capitol lockdown9/19/2023 EST said, “Our officers are searching in and around the Senate Office Buildings in response to a concerning 911 call.” “Due to a security threat inside the building, immediately: move inside your office or the nearest office take emergency equipment and visitors close, lock and stay away from external doors and windows,” and “If you are in a public space, find a place to hide or seek cover,” among other directions.Ī social media post kicking off the scramble from USCP at 2:45 p.m. On Wednesday, Senate staff received an alert from USCP came just before 3 p.m. Trump was indicted Tuesday on criminal charges by a federal grand jury in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election leading up to the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. The tense afternoon comes as security in Washington begins to ramp up ahead of former President Donald Trump’s expected appearance on Thursday in a federal courthouse situated several blocks from the US Capitol. But over and over, the courts rejected these claims including all-star judges whom the President himself has nominated," he said.A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police Department says there is “no evidence of anyone injured” and at the moment, they are “unable to substantiate” the call. "Dozens of lawsuits received hearings in courtrooms all across our country. McConnell noted in his remarks that he supported Trump's "right to use the legal system." "They've all spoken. If we overrule them it would damage our republic forever. This election actually was not unusually close. Just in recent history, 20 were all closer than this one. The electoral college margin is almost identical to what it was in 2016," he continued. "We cannot simply declare ourselves a national board of elections on the voters, the courts, when all states have all spoken," he continued. "Every election we know features some illegality and irregularity and of course that's unacceptable. I support strong state-led voting reforms. Last year's bizarre pandemic procedures must not become the new norm. But my colleagues, nothing before us proves illegality anywhere near the massive scale, the massive scale that would have tipped the entire election. Nor can public doubt alone justify a radical break when the doubt itself was incited without any evidence." Every Democrat and some Republicans will reject the challenges in both chambers, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. The objections during today's formal count of electoral votes from all 50 states and the District of Columbia will not change the results of the election. Remember: There is no evidence of widespread voter fraud, and there is no evidence that electors from the electoral college were fraudulently chosen, as all states have certified their elections. For those on the democratic aisle who say there is no evidence they've been rejected, then you should rest in comfort if that's the case, an electoral commission would reject those claims," Cruz said.Ĭruz ended his remarks by urging his colleagues to not take "the easy path, but instead act together, astonish the viewers and act in a bipartisan sense to say we will have a credible and fair tribunal, consider the facts, consider the claims, consider the evidence." Consider the evidence and resolve the claims. ![]() That we appoint an electoral commission to conduct a 10 day emergency audit. ![]() And what I would urge of this body is that we do the same. ![]() "Five house members, five senators, five supreme court justices, examined the evidence and rendered a judgment.
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