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

The Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) argues that Donald Trump's incitement led to the attack on the US Congress and calls for his immediate removal via impeachment or the 25th Amendment. The statement also highlights a racist double standard in policing and calls for investigations into other federal and state officials who undermined the 2020 election process.

• CIEL President Carroll Muffett asserts that Donald Trump's incitements to violence and anti-democratic behavior directly caused the attack on the US Congress and state capitols, rendering him unfit for office.
• The organization recommends that Congress initiate impeachment proceedings to permanently bar Donald Trump from public office and suggests the Vice President and cabinet use the 25th Amendment to declare him unfit to serve.
• The statement claims that federal and state officeholders aided the attacks through a campaign to interfere with the presidential election and disenfranchise voters, which disproportionately impacted Black and Brown communities.
• CIEL identifies a racist double standard in the US legal system, contrasting the muted police response to the January 6 attacks with the official violence used against peaceful Black Lives Matter protestors in the previous summer.
• The document calls for congressional ethics committees and bar associations to investigate the roles of individuals inside and outside Congress who contributed to the environment that allowed the attacks to occur.

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} }