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Usongo lwebhomu olungenasisekelo eLower Manhattan ngoLwesibili ekuseni lubambezele ukuqulwa kwecala enkantolo elibandakanya owayenguMongameli uTrump njengedolobha kanye neningi lesizwe lisamile phezu kwethemba lemibhikisho noma iziyaluyalu ukuphendula ekubekweni kwakhe icala.
Bekungakacaci noma usongo olushiwo Trump noma izinkinga zakhe zomthetho, kodwa ukubambezeleka kuthinte ukulalelwa kwecala ngoLwesibili ekuseni elibandakanya icala elifakwe yi-New York Atty. UGen. Letitia James ngokumelene noTrump kanye namalungu amaningi omndeni wakhe, ebasola ukukhuphuka umoya ngomgunyathi I-Trump inenani elifanele.
Usongo lwenziwe ocingweni lwe-911 olusho izindawo ezimbalwa eLower Manhattan, okhulumela inkantolo etshela iLos Angeles Times. Izakhiwo eziningi, okuhlanganisa i-New York County Courthouse kanye nehhovisi lommeli wesifunda, zaseshwa uMnyango Wamaphoyisa waseNew York.
“Ukusebenza kuthinteke kancane isikhathi esingaphansi kwemizuzu engu-30,” kusho uLucian Chalfen, okhulumela inkantolo.
Okhulumela i-NYPD uthe umnyango awunalo ulwazi olutholakala ngokushesha mayelana nosongo.
Usongo olungenasisekelo luza njengoba amaphoyisa emadolobheni amakhulu ezweni lonke, okuhlanganisa neNew York neLos Angeles, enawo baqale ukuthatha izinyathelo zokuphendula ukuthi kungenzeka kube nemibhikisho ngabe lowo owayengumengameli wakuleli angabekwa icala kuleli sonto. Kwafakwa uthango olulawula isixuku ngaphandle kwenkantolo yaseManhattan lapho bekubizwe khona ijaji elikhulu mayelana nezinsolo zokuthi isihlabani se-porn uStormy Daniels wakhokhwa imali ukuze athule mayelana nokujola noTrump.
Amathuba emibhikisho nezinxushunxushu akhuphuka ngesikhathi uTrump, engabubambi ubufakazi, ememezela ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ngesonto eledlule ukuthi uzoboshwa ngoLwesibili yiHhovisi Lommeli Wesifunda saseManhattan mayelana nehlazo lokukhokhelwa kukaDaniels. Emlayezweni omkhulu awuthumele kubalandeli ngengosi yakhe yezokuxhumana, i-Truth Social, owayengumongameli wanxusa abalandeli bakhe: “MBHIKISHO BUYISE ISIZWE SETHU!”
Lo mlayezo ubunanela izingcingo zakhe zokuthi abamesekayo bamashele e-US Capitol ngoJan. 6, 2021, lapho eqhubeka nezinsolo zakhe ezingamanga zokukhwabanisa okwakubhebhetheke okhethweni lukamongameli lwango-2020, ahlulwe ngalo kuMengameli wamanje uJoe Biden.
Bangaphezu kuka-1 000 abantu ababoshiwe kulesi siphithiphithi sangoJanuwari 6, okuhlanganisa nabangu-326 abathweswe amacala okushaya, ukuphikisa noma ukuvimbela amaphoyisa, ngokusho kombiko. Umnyango Wezobulungiswa. Bangaphezu kuka-100 abawavumile amacala, kanti abangu-385 bawavumile amacala.
Kepha lolo hlobo lwesixuku alukabonakali ukuphendula ucingo lwakamuva lukaTrump kubasekeli.
Kokunye umbhikisho ngoMsombuluko, izintatheli zezindaba zibedlula kalula abalandeli bakaTrump.
NgoLwesibili, izintatheli ziphawule kuphela a idlanzana lababhikishi kanye nabasekeli bakamongameli wangaphambili bema ngaphandle kweTrump Tower eNew York. Izithiyo zensimbi ezakhiwe ngaphandle kwesakhiwo ukusiza ukulawula izixuku esikhundleni salokho zasetshenziswa abasekeli ukulengisa ezinye zezibhengezo zabo.
Izinkumbi zabantu nazo bezigcwele eWest Los Angeles. Ngo-4:00 ngoLwesibili, ngaphandle kwebhilidi likahulumeni eduze kwaseWilshire Boulevard, kungenzeka ukuthi abashayeli abadlulayo baphuthelwe umbhikisho obuwenzeka lapho.
Bengathuswanga ngamathonsi emvula asemaceleni kanye nabantu abagijima beyobamba ibhasi eliseduze, abalandeli ababili bakaTrump ababephethe ama-megaphone bakhala ngezimoto ezidlulayo mayelana nobudlelwano bobugebengu obuthiwa umndeni wakwaBiden, bathi abashushisi kufanele “bashiye umongameli wethu yedwa” – ebhekise kuTrump.
“Imithombo yezindaba ejwayelekile iyingxenye kahulumeni wakho,” kusho omunye umbhikishi ekhala nge-megaphone.
Noma kunjalo, abalandeli abanjengomeluleki kaTrump wangaphambili uRoger Stone bacele imibhikisho “enokuthula” kanye “nezomthetho” ezweni lonke.
Abanye abaholi baseRiphabhlikhi banxuse abalandeli ukuthi bangabhikishi, okuhlanganisa noSomlomo weNdlu uKevin McCarthy, ngeSonto ugxeke uphenyo lobugebengu obubhekiswe kuTrump njengolunenhlese yezepolitiki kodwa wathi abalandeli bakhe akumele bakhombise ngakho.
