PACIFIC MILITARY FACES S. Korea’s Moon Popeyes’ chicken Being fired no confident in Biden sandwich finally laughing matter for administration coming to Europe comedian Spade Page 3 Page 4 Page 18 2022 PGA Championship leaving Trump National after riot ›› Golf, Page 20 stripes.com Volume 79 Edition 190 ©SS 2021 TUESDAY,JANUARY 12, 2021 50¢/Free to Deployed Areas ‘Incitement of insurrection’ charged House Democrats introduce article of impeachment after resolution calling on Pence to remove Trump over Capitol attack blocked BY JENNIFER HABERKORN “Donald John Trump to remove the president from of- tack by Trump supporters, who It would be the second impeach- Los Angeles Times fice. raided the building and forced ment of Trump, following one last WASHINGTON — House Dem- engaged in high crimes Rep. Alex Mooney, R-Va., ob- lawmakers and Pence into hiding year over his pressuring of Ukrai- ocrats on Monday introduced an and misdemeanors by jected to the Democrats’ attempt for their safety. nian government officials to in- article of impeachment against to win unanimous consent for the The 25th Amendment lays out vestigate then-presidential rival President Donald Trump over his willfully inciting violence resolution, meaning the House is the procedure for removing a and now President-elect Joe Bi- incitement last week of the Capitol against the government expected to reconvene Tuesday to president who is unfit or incapac- den. riot as Republicans blocked an ini- hold a floor vote on the measure. itated. If Pence does not invoke The House resolution, drafted tial attempt to pass a resolution of the United States.” Democrats are ramping up the amendment, Democrats are by Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., is a calling on Vice President Mike Impeachment resolution submitted pressure on Pence to take action expected to hold a vote to impeach Pence to use the 25th Amendment to the House on Monday following Wednesday’s Capitol at- Trump as soon as Wednesday. SEE REMOVE ON PAGE 6 Mob was made up of hardcore Trump fans Associated Press WASHINGTON— The insur- rectionist mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol at the president’s beh- est last week was overwhelmingly made up of longtime Trump sup- porters, including Republican Party officials, GOP political do- nors, far-right militants, white su- premacists, and adherents of the QAnon myth that the government is secretly controlled by a cabal of Satan-worshipping pedophile can- nibals. Records show that some were heavily armed and included convicted criminals, such as a Florida man recently released from prison for attempted murder. The Associated Press reviewed social media posts, voter registra- tions, court files and other public records for more than 120 people either facing criminal charges re- lated to the Jan. 6 unrest or who, going maskless amid the pandem- ic, were later identified through photographs and videos taken dur- MANUEL BALCE CENETA/AP ing the melee. Trump supporters approach U.S. Capitol Police in the hallway outside of the Senate chamber at the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday. Doug Jensen, center, a 41-year-old man from Des Moines, Ill., was jailed early Saturday, on federal charges for his alleged role in the Capitol riot. SEE FANS ON PAGE 9 PAGE 2 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, January 12, 2021 BUSINESS/WEATHER New law cracks down on shell firms EXCHANGE RATES Military rates So. Korea (Won) 1099.51 Associated Press Now, thanks to a watershed nies will be required to provide Switzerlnd (Franc) .8917 Euro costs (Jan. 12) $1.19 Thailand (Baht) 30.15 MIAMI — For years as a federal overhaul of U.S. money-launder- the names of their owners or face Dollar buys (Jan. 12) 0.8009 Turkey (NewLira) 7.4993 British pound (Jan. 12) $1.31 prosecutor in New York, Daniel R. ing laws, locating the proceeds stiff penalties and jail sentences. Japanese yen (Jan. 12) 101.00 (Military exchange rates are those available Alonso led teams that had to from foreign bribery, drug traf- The information will be stored in a South Korean won (Jan. 12) 1070.00 to customers at military banking facilities in the Commercial rates country of issuance for Japan, South Korea, Ger­ search through a maze of anony- ficking and financing for terror- confidential database accessible many, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Bahrain(Dinar) .3770 For nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., pur­ mously owned corporate entities ists could be as easy as a few keys- to federal law enforcement and Britain (Pound) .7433 chasing British pounds in Germany), check with Canada (Dollar) 1.2823 your local military banking facility. Commercial to expose criminal activity. trokes. shared with banks who are often China(Yuan) 6.4823 rates are interbank rates provided for reference Denmark (Krone) 6.1278 “It required all kinds of shoe- The new legislation quietly unwitting accomplices to interna- Egypt (Pound) 15.6490 when buying currency. All figures are foreign leather investigating to identify passed by Congress last month af- tional corruption. Euro .8240 currencies to one dollar, except for the British Hong Kong (Dollar) 7.7554 pound, which is represented in dollars­to­ who was really behind these shell ter a decade-long fight is the most The Corporate Transparency Hungary (Forint) 297.75 pound, and the euro, which is dollars­to­euro.) Israel (Shekel) 3.1794 companies,” recalled Alonso. sweeping banking reform of its Act was tucked into a defense Japan (Yen) 104.38 INTEREST RATES “You’d have to subpoena bank re- kind since passage of the Patriot spending bill first vetoed by Presi- Kuwait(Dinar) .3037 Norway (Krone) 8.5752 Prime rate 3.25 cords and lawyers, as well as hu- Act, in the aftermath of the Sept. dent Donald Trump and then Philippines (Peso) 48.14 Interest Rates Discount rate 0.25 Poland (Zloty) 3.73 Federal funds market rate 0.09 man sources, and even then you 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. overridden by Congress on New Saudi Arab (Riyal) 3.7519 3­month bill 0.08 frequently hit a dead end.” For the first time, shell compa- Year’s Day. Singapore (Dollar) 1.3322 30­year bond 1.86 WEATHER OUTLOOK TUESDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST TUESDAY IN EUROPE WEDNESDAY IN THE PACIFIC Misawa 36/25 Kabul Seoul 47/28 37/18 Baghdad 67/44 Tokyo Drawsko Osan Kandahar Mildenhall/ 42/27 46/27 51/18 Pomorskie Busan Lakenheath 33/30 41/38 50/32 Iwakuni Kuwait City 50/40 Bahrain Brussels Zagan Sasebo 66/48 66/63 Ramstein 35/28 53/41 Guam 45/38 36/28 82/19 Riyadh Lajes, 62/46 Doha Azores Stuttgart Pápa 61/58 36/25 69/56 Aviano/ 34/26 Vicenza 33/24 Naples 49/44 Okinawa Morón 63/58 49/33 Sigonella Rota 54/43 The weather is provided by the Djibouti 52/39 Souda Bay American Forces Network Weather Center, 81/70 64/60 2nd Weather Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. TODAY IN STRIPES American Roundup ...... 11 Classified .................... 13 Comics .........................16 Crossword ................... 16 Faces .......................... 18 Opinion ........................ 14 Sports .................... 19-24 Tuesday, January 12, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 3 PACIFIC S. Korea's Moon promises stronger alliance with US BY MATTHEW KEELER AND YOO KYONG CHANG KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY, KOREA NEWS SERVICE/AP Stars and Stripes North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, waves during the ruling South Korean President Moon party congress in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Sunday. Kim was given Jae-in on Monday in a speech a new title, “general secretary” of the ruling Workers’ Party. broadcast to the nation promised a stronger alliance with the Unit- ed States under the incoming ad- N. Korea’s Kim given ministration of President-elect Joe Biden. With roughly a week remaining general secretary title until Biden’s inauguration, Moon, in an address to his country, ex- BY HYUNG-JIN KIM man and before that had led the par- pressed his confidence in the new Associated Press ty with the title of first secretary. But administration, along with his general secretary has important hopes of achieving a more posi- SEOUL, South Korea — North symbolism in the country led by dy- tive relationship with North Ko- Korean leader Kim Jong Un was nastic rule since it was the title held rea. given the title of general secretary by his father, Kim Jong Il, and “The government will strength- of the ruling Workers’ Party for- grandfather, Kim Il Sung. en the U.S.-South Korea alliance merly held by his late father and During congress meetings last in tandem with the launch of the grandfather, state media reported week, Kim labeled the U.S. as “our Biden administration,” he said. JOE GROMELSKI/Stars and Stripes Monday, in a move apparently foremost principal enemy” and dis- “And do its last attempt in order South Korean President Moon Jae­in has promised a stronger alliance aimed at bolstering his authority closed a list of high-tech nuclear to achieve a great transformation with the U.S. under the incoming Biden administration. amid growing economic challeng- weapons systems under develop- in talks, which still stand, between es. ment to cope with what he called in- North Korea and the U.S. and be- vague promise to “work toward day," according to a statement The designation was North Ko- tensifying American hostility. He tween the two Koreas.” the denuclearization of the Ko- Monday by the Joint Chiefs of rea’s latest step taken during its first said the fate of relations between In October, during the final de- rean Peninsula.” Staff. ruling party congress since 2016. Pyongyang and Washington de- bate before the U.S. presidential Trump failed to reduce or elim- "South Korea and U.S.