Biden noted that Trump became the first president in US history to refuse to acknowledge the election results.
“For the first time in our history, the president not only lost the election, but tried to prevent a peaceful transfer of power when an angry mob broke into the Capitol. We must make sure that such an attack never happens again,” he said.
Biden said Trump’s allegations of vote rigging could undermine the rule of law and affect future elections.
“We must be absolutely clear about where the truth is and where the lie. The truth is this: the former US president created and spread a web of lies about the 2020 elections. He did it because he puts power above principles. He cannot accept the fact that he lost. “- added the American president.
General Voting in the US Presidential Election took place on November 3, 2020… The turnout has become a record for 120 years – about 160 million Americans took part in them… December 14 electoral college approved the voting results: former vice president Joe Biden got 306 votes, 45th US President Donald Trump – 232. After the electoral college vote, Biden called on Americans for unity and declared triumph of democracy.
Trump tried to challenge the results voting in the courts of various states. On January 6, 2020, at a rally in front of the White House, he told supporters that he would never admit defeat in the elections, and urged to go to the building of Congress, where they were supposed to declare the winner of the Biden election.
Protesters went to the building of the US Congress and took him by storm. The riots killed five people among them is a police officer Capitol, and in Washington, because of this, they announced state of emergency.
The riots in the Capitol prompted the House of Representatives to declare impeachment to Trump. The authors of the resolution put forward one accusation against him – in inciting riots… They believe that Trump betrayed trust on January 6, when protesters stormed the US Congress building, “seriously endangering US government institutions, endangering the integrity of the democratic system, and obstructing the peaceful transfer of power.”
February 13 57 Senate members voted to impeach Trump with the required 67, he was acquitted.
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