HACKED?
Hacked? US State Dept. Website Says ‘Donald J. Trump’s Term Ended on 2021-01-11’ at 7:49 PM
The U.S. Dept. of State’s official government website, state.gov, says that President Donald Trump’s term ended tonight.
“Donald J. Trump’s term ended on 2021-01-11 19:49:00,” the biographical page reads.
Here’s a screenshot, taken Monday at 3:04 PM ET:
National security and foreign policy reporter Laura Rozen appears to be the first to notice:
Um, @SecPompeo, what’s going on?https://t.co/3pnV2Nfw09 pic.twitter.com/gWg7olDrK8
— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) January 11, 2021
It is most likely a hack. The Internet Archive has never crawled this page before today.
This is a breaking news and developing story.
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