United States Representative Ted Lieu on Saturday said that the Democrats in the House of Representatives will introduce a legislation on ...
United States Representative Ted Lieu on Saturday said that the Democrats in the House of Representatives will introduce a legislation on January 11, urging the impeachment of President Donald Trump, reported Reuters. The Democrats are impeaching Trump because of his alleged role in inciting the violence at the US Capitol building on Wednesday.
In a tweet, Lieu said that there were now 180 co-sponsors for the article of impeachment drafted by him along with Congressman David Cicilline, Representative Jamie Raskin and the staff of the House Committee on Judiciary. Lieu was an active participant in the December 2019 House impeachment of Trump that had failed in the Senate.
UPDATE to the update: We’ve just hit 180 cosponsors of the Article of Impeachment drafted by Rep @davidcicilline, @RepRaskin, me and @HouseJudiciary staff.
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) January 9, 2021
We will introduce the Article of Impeachment this Monday during the House’s pro forma session. https://t.co/qm7LmXhOgK
On Friday, United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had said that the House would move forward to impeach Trump if he didn’t resign immediately. Pelosi had said the House was considering every option, including setting up a commission under the 25th Amendment to recommend Trump’s removal.
“It is the hope of Members that the President will immediately resign,” she had said. “But if he...
