United States House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the Democrats would move a resolution on Monday to remove President Donal...
United States House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the Democrats would move a resolution on Monday to remove President Donald Trump from office during the final days of his administration, for inciting a mob that violently attacked the Capitol last week, AFP reported.
In a letter to colleagues on Sunday, Pelosi said the House would move forward with a resolution calling on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment, and wrest the powers of the presidency from Trump. If Pence does not agree to invoke the amendment, then “we will proceed with bringing impeachment legislation” in the House, Pelosi said.
She called on Pence to respond “within 24 hours,” according to The New York Times.
“In protecting our Constitution and our democracy, we will act with urgency, because this president represents an imminent threat to both,” Pelosi wrote. “As the days go by, the horror of the ongoing assault on our democracy perpetrated by this president is intensified and so is the immediate need for action.”
Trump was already impeached once by the Democratic-controlled House in December 2019 for pressuring the Ukrainian president to dig up political dirt on Biden. He was acquitted by the Republican-majority Senate.
House whip James Clyburn said the Democrats could vote as soon as Tuesday...
