Washington.
An assumption “dissatisfied employee“He modified a State Department website on Monday in which he claimed that President Donald Trump’s term expired today, which raised confusion on social media about whether the president planned to resign before he ran out his term, January 20th.
The section with Trump’s biography on the State Department’s official website was replaced Monday by the text “the mandate of Donald J. Trump ended 2011.01.11 “, with a text similar to the section of the Vice President, Mike Pence.
The State Department removed the page shortly before 4pm local time (9pm GMT) and explained to Buzzfeed News that this change had been the work of a “disgruntled employee” and that it is not possible that he was one hacking external to their systems.
According to the same medium, the Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, Has ordered an investigation into what happened, especially among those who were fellows or hoped to leave the department this week as part of the transition process.
Confusion spread on social media over the change on the State Department website, with some voices speculating whether the U.S. government would announce the departure of Trump, whom Democratic leader in Congress Nancy Pelosi has urged to give up.
Trump’s term is set to expire on Jan. 20, when Democrat Joe Biden will be sworn in as the new governor, but Democratic lawmakers have asked the vice president, Mike Pence, To invoke amendment 25 of the Constitution, which temporarily disqualifies the president with the support of the cabinet.
Democratic lawmakers are expected to vote on a resolution Tuesday asking Pence to invoke the 25- to 24-hour amendment, which seems unlikely, or Congress will open a second political trial against the president on Wednesday.
Within the State Department there is unease because Pompeo did not issue a statement in sufficiently critical language for the assault on the Capitol last week by Trump supporters, incited by the president himself.