The U.S. House rushed ahead Tuesday toward impeaching President Donald Trump for the deadly Capitol attack, taking time only to try to persuade his vice president to push him out first.
House passes resolution urging Pence to invoke 25th Amendment to oust Trump
The vice president says impeachment would not be in the best interest of the nation and it was “time to unite our country.”
(Alex Brandon | The Associated Press) President Donald Trump tours a section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, in Alamo, Texas. On Tuesday, the U.S. House rushed ahead toward impeaching the president.
By Lisa Mascaro, Zeke Miller and Mary Clare Jalonick | The Associated Press
| Jan. 13, 2021, 2:23 a.m. | Updated: 4:54 a.m.
Washington • The U.S. House rushed ahead Tuesday toward impeaching President Donald Trump for the deadly Capitol attack, taking time only to try to persuade his vice president to push him out first. Trump showed no remorse, blaming impeachment itself for the “tremendous anger” in America.
President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House for a historic second time, charged with "incitement of insurrection" over the deadly mob siege of the U.S. Capitol in a swift and stunning collapse of his final days in office.
The U.S. House rushed ahead Tuesday toward impeaching President Donald Trump for the deadly Capitol attack, taking time only to try to persuade his vice president to push him out first. But putting an end to the speculation, Vice President Mike Pence said, in a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump with a Cabinet vote.