Will Trump ever get his Twitter account back? This says the platform
The expulsion of the former US president by various social networks came after a violent revolt by his supporters that led to a deadly siege of the Washington Capitol on January 6.
Twitter will not allow former US President Donald Trump to return to the platform.
This is what the company's financial director said on Wednesday, indicating that the measure will be maintained, although in the future the tycoon will appear again in the elections.
"As our policies work, when you are removed from the platform, you are removed from the platform, whether you are a current or former commentator, CFO or public official," Ned Segal said in an interview with CNBC television. .
"Our policies are designed to ensure that people do not incite violence," he added.
"And if someone does, we would have to remove them from service and our policies do not allow people to return."
Trump was a prolific user of Twitter during his campaign and in his four years in the White House, using the platform for political ads, to settle scores with his enemies and for his political campaign. He had over 80 million followers when his account was suspended.
Trump's expulsion by Twitter followed a violent revolt by his supporters that led to a deadly siege of the United States Capitol on January 6. Facebook and other social networks also blocked Trump after the incident.
For these facts, the former president is the subject of a political trial in the Senate that began this week.
This Thursday the accusation against Trump continues
Regarding the impeachment trial, the Democrats who lead the accusation against Trump will continue to present their case this Thursday, after showing crude images of the capture of the Capitol for which the former president is subjected to a political trial, accused of having incited an insurrection.
Democratic lawmakers serving as prosecutors will argue for the second day in a row that the assault was deliberately promoted by the former president, and they will insist on reminding senators, and Americans following the process, how violent the situation on Capitol Hill became on the 6th. from January.
On Wednesday, the team showed senators - many of whom were clearly disturbed - hours of graphic presentations and previously unreleased videos obtained from security cameras and police body cameras.
The coup left five people dead, including a policeman who was killed by the mob.
The episode occurred after Trump told his supporters gathered near the White House that he had not won re-election due to a robbery.
However, defense attorneys for the former president say that the former president cannot be personally blamed for what happened and that the trial is unconstitutional because he is no longer in office.
Images seen Wednesday show then-Vice President Mike Pence, who was on Capitol Hill to preside over a certification session for Joe Biden's election victory, as he was quickly guided down a set of stairs by security guards to put him under guard, along with To his family.
Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer appears narrowly dodging a riotous crowd.
And it also shows how Senator Mitt Romney, a Republican who frequently opposed Trump and had been made a target of his hatred, is driven away at the last minute by an agent when the mob was closing in on him.
In another segment, the invaders are shown entering the office of the Democratic leader of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, also a frequent target of Trump's inflammatory rhetoric.
On the second day of the process, Democratic lawmakers who act as prosecutors also accused Trump of rejoicing in the violence perpetrated by his sympathizers, arguing that this was the culmination of months of strategy to discredit the electoral process.
