Washington.
A supposed “dissatisfied employeeOn Monday, a State Department website assured that President Donald Trump’s term of office ended today, causing confusion on social networks as to whether the president intended to step down before his term expires. January 20th.
The section with Trump’s biography on the official State Department website was replaced on Monday with the text “the mandate of Donald J. Trump ended on 01/11/2021 ”, with a similar text in the section of Vice President, Mike Pence.
The State Department removed the page shortly before 4:00 pm local time (9:00 pm GMT) and explained it Buzzfeed News that this change was the work of a “disgruntled employee” and that it was impossible hack external to your systems.
According to the same media, the Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, has commissioned an investigation into what happened, especially among those who were interns or who expected to leave the department this week as part of the transition process.
The confusion spread on social networks as a result of the change to the State Department’s website, with some voices speculating whether the US administration would announce Trump’s departure, which Democrats leader Nancy Pelosi has announced . urged to resign.
Trump’s term ends on January 20, when Democrat Joe Biden’s inauguration as the new ruler, but Democratic lawmakers have asked the vice president: Mike Pence, which calls for Amendment 25 to the constitution, which could temporarily disqualify the president with the support of the ministerial cabinet.
Democratic lawmakers are expected to vote Tuesday on a resolution calling on Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment within 24 hours, which seems unlikely, or Congress will open a second impeachment trial against the president on Wednesday.
There is dissatisfaction within the State Department that Pompeo has not issued a statement in language critical enough to last week’s attack on the Capitol by Trump supporters, instigated by the president himself.