Statement of the Center for International Environmental Law on Today's Attack on the US Congress

A statement by CIEL President Carroll Muffett regarding the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Congress, calling for the removal of Donald Trump from office and an investigation into other officials who undermined the democratic process.

• CIEL President Carroll Muffett asserts that Donald Trump's incitements to violence and anti-democratic behavior led directly to the premeditated attack on the US Congress and state capitols, rendering him unfit for office.
• The organization calls for immediate action to remove Donald Trump from power, specifically suggesting impeachment proceedings to permanently bar him from public office and the invocation of the 25th Amendment by the Vice President and cabinet members.
• The statement claims that federal and state officeholders aided Trump in a campaign to interfere with the presidential election and disenfranchise voters, a process that disproportionately affected Black and Brown communities.
• CIEL argues that the muted police response to the January 6 attacks compared to the violence used against Black Lives Matter protestors the previous summer reveals a racist double-standard and highlights the need for police transformation in the United States.

APA

Muffett, C. (2021). Statement of the Center for International Environmental Law on Today's Attack on the US Congress. Center for International Environmental Law. https://www.ciel.org/news/statement-of-the-center-for-international-environmental-law-on-todays-attack-on-the-us-congress/

Chicago

Muffett, Carroll. Statement of the Center for International Environmental Law on Today's Attack on the US Congress. Center for International Environmental Law, 2021. https://www.ciel.org/news/statement-of-the-center-for-international-environmental-law-on-todays-attack-on-the-us-congress/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{muffett2021statement, author = {Muffett, Carroll}, title = {{Statement of the Center for International Environmental Law on Today's Attack on the US Congress}}, publisher = {Center for International Environmental Law}, year = {2021}, month = jan, url = {https://www.ciel.org/news/statement-of-the-center-for-international-environmental-law-on-todays-attack-on-the-us-congress/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }