Trump suspended indefinitely from Snapchat
Snapchat suspended
President Trump’s account indefinitely on Wednesday after the riots at the Capitol that left four dead and many injured.
"We can confirm that earlier on Wednesday we locked President Trump's Snapchat account," a Snapchat spokesperson told The Hill.
The spokesperson said the company is concerned about the rhetoric coming from Trump and the attacks on Democratic institutions.
This isn’t the first time Snapchat has stood against the president; the social media platform took Trump off its Discover feature back in June.
“We are not currently promoting the President’s content on Snapchat’s Discover platform. We will not amplify voices who incite racial violence and injustice by giving them free promotion on Discover," Snapchat said in a June statement back as Black Lives Matter protests were occurring across the country. "Racial violence and injustice have no place in our society and we stand together with all who seek peace, love, equality and justice in America.”
Snapchat suspended President Trump’s account indefinitely on Wednesday after the riots at the Capitol that left four dead and many injured.
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Trump has suggested he wants to pardon himself: NYT
President Trump has openly discussed the possibility of preemptively pardoning himself and his adult children before leaving office in recent days amid the takeover of the U.S. Capitol by rioters.
The New York Times reports that two people with knowledge of the discussions verified that the president had raised the issue in recent days; the move, never before attempted by a U.S. president, would be of questionable legality as experts disagree over whether a president has the power to unilaterally declare himself above the law before leaving office.
The Times reports that Trump has fretted openly about the possibility of a Justice Department controlled by President-elect
Joe Biden launching investigations into him and his family following his departure from the White House. Calls to prosecute the president on the left and among some Republicans sharply grew Wednesday following the dramatic scene in Washington, D.C., where rioters — directed by Trump to "walk down to the Capitol" after departing his rally — broke through police barricades, windows and locked doors and entered the Capitol.
President Trump has openly discussed the possibility of preemptively pardoning himself and his adult children before leaving office in recent days amid the takeover of the U.S. Capitol by rioters.
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