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Trump to Flee D.C. After Inciting Riot on U.S. Capitol

PEACE OUT

The president is reportedly getting out of Washington for the weekend as members of his own administration announce their resignations.

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Less than 48 hours after he incited a riot on the U.S. Capitol, President Donald Trump plans to flee Washington, D.C. for the weekend, Business Insider first reported on Thursday.

A White House official confirmed that the president would travel to the Camp David retreat in Maryland, not his preferred Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, on Friday. The decision to leave the White House comes after a growing exodus of top staff from the administration and calls for impeachment and invoking of the 25th Amendment from both Democrats and some Republicans in Congress.

Read it at Business Insider