Weeks before mobs besieged the Capitol building in Washington, a bright red bus crisscrossed the United States, emblazoned with a huge image of Trump in suit and tie with a clenched fist above his shoulder reut.rs/39nf4S1
At more than 25 stops, flight-attendant-turned-political-activist Amy Kremer and other speakers exhorted crowds to join her and others in Washington to fight for Trump and overturn the election. And last Wednesday, the tour reached its final destination: Washington D.C.
The crowds that rally organizers recruited were joined in Washington by more radical right-wing groups that have increasingly become a fixture at pro-Trump demonstrations - including devotees of the QAnon conspiracy theory
Others among the diverse array of promoters for post-election Trump protests included a pillow magnate, a right-wing college students’ organization, the newly formed activist network Stop the Steal and an upstart broadcasting group begun by a stay-at-home dad
In the weeks leading up to Wednesday’s deadly riots on Capitol Hill, Kremer and a loose coalition of groups and sponsors rallied the faithful, recruiting hardcore Trump supporters across the United States in a last-ditch effort to overturn the November election
Donald Trump became the first president in U.S. history to be impeached twice, as 10 of his fellow Republicans joined Democrats in the House of Representatives to charge him with inciting an insurrection in last week’s violent rampage in the Capitol reut.rs/2XBtvwb
Graphic: A detailed look at how each member voted and notable defections reut.rs/3qnbvC3
Top leaders react to a historic second impeachment of President Trump reut.rs/2LLYPWv
One of Italy’s largest-ever mafia trials kicked off on Wednesday, with more than 320 suspected mobsters and their associates facing an array of charges, including extortion, drug trafficking and theft reut.rs/2XyL3t4
The trial is being held in a converted call-center in the Calabrian city of Lamezia Terme, with defendants placed in metal cages and rows of desks set up for the hundreds of lawyers, prosecutors, journalists and spectators expected to attend
Prosecutor Nicola Gratteri has spent the past three decades battling Italy’s most powerful mob group, the 'Ndrangheta, renouncing any semblance of a normal life as he seeks to break its grip on his native Calabria reut.rs/2XDWQGk
President Donald Trump emboldened other leaders to quash press freedom, his message amplified by tech platforms and a mainstream media that did not know how to respond, three leading journalists and campaigners said reut.rs/2LuNzxR
Maria Ressa, who has faced criminal prosecutions for her reporting, likened the arrival of the major tech platforms to an atomic bomb going off in the media ecosystem, with readers manipulated by algorithms toward ever more incendiary news
After spending four years defending Trump’s behavior, a growing number of Republican lawmakers have said they will vote to impeach him on charges that he incited his supporters to carry out the deadly attack on Congress
Liz Cheney
The No. 3 House Republican, Cheney was the most senior member of her party to vote against efforts to challenge the Electoral College results confirming Trump’s loss
Adam Kinzinger
A frequent Trump critic, Kinzinger said Trump broke his oath of office by inciting his supporters to insurrection and used his position to attack the legislative branch of government
The U.S. House of Representatives voted on a resolution that formally urged Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment of the Constitution to strip President Donald Trump of his powers reut.rs/3nDuYwH
As lawmakers debated the resolution, Mike Pence sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that said he would not comply reut.rs/2XCwfcY
The resolution passed on a near party-line vote, 223 to 205. Representative Adam Kinzinger of Illinois was the only Republican to vote in support of the resolution