Payment processor Stripe cuts ties with Trump campaign

Payment processor Stripe cuts ties with President TrumpEmerging Capitol Police Chief accuses House and Senate security officials of hampering efforts to call the National Guard: WaPo PGA announces plans to move 2022 championship from former Democratic Senator Trump’s property: Biden’s Justice Department could investigate Jan.6 rally speakers for incitement MOREHis supporters ‘campaign after his supporters’ riots on Capitol Hill last week, a person familiar with the case confirmed to The Hill on Sunday.

Stripe, a San Francisco-based company that handles online card payments for multiple businesses, will stop processing campaign payments, claiming the campaign violated its policies against encouraging violence after a pro mob -Trump stormed and vandalized the Capitol.

The company asks users not to collect payments for “high risk” activities, including for any business or organization that “engages in, encourages, promotes or celebrates unlawful violence or physical harm to people or people. goods ”, according to to his website.

The Wall Street Journal initially reported that the company was ending its relationship with the campaign.

The Trump campaign did not immediately return a request for comment.

News of Stripe’s separation from the presidential campaign came after other tech companies punished Trump and his campaign.

Twitter permanently suspended Trump’s account and Facebook said the president couldn’t access it until at least the president-elect Joe bidenJoe Biden’s exiting Capitol Chief of Police accuses House and Senate security officials of obstructing efforts to call the National Guard: WaPo PGA announces plans to move 2022 championship away from Trump’s property Former Democratic Senator : Biden Justice Department May Investigate Speakers at Incitement Rally Jan 6inauguration. The email provider who helped the campaign distribute their emails also suspended access following the riots.

Apple and Google have also stopped offering Speak, the right-wing social media site frequented by conservatives and Trump supporters, in its app stores, claiming the platform does not monitor its content and that Amazon Web Services has stated that it will not host the site until it develops content moderation.

Businesses are responding after pro-Trump rioters broke into the Capitol building last week, forcing lawmakers to flee to secure locations and both houses to halt their electoral college debates.

Trump had called on his supporters to flock to DC on Jan.6 to protest Congress’ certification of Electoral College results confirming Biden’s victory. Before the riots, he encouraged his supporters in a speech to march to Capitol Hill and reiterated his unfounded claims that widespread voter fraud affected the election.

Marriott International Inc. and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association have both announced they will suspend corporate donations to all lawmakers who voted to oppose the Electoral College vote after the riots.