What you need to know about how lawmakers are using the 14th Amendment to hold Trump and his political supporters accountable for the Jan. 6 riots on the US Capitol.
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Donald Trump slammed the call for his impeachment by branding it as âridiculousâ and said that it is âcausing tremendous angerâ as he headed to the Mexico border wall. The 74-year-old commented for the first time after last weekâs deadly protests at the Capitol building. Trump told reporters outside the White House, âWe want no violence. Never violence. As talks of his removal are ensuing, the Republican leader called his impeachment a continuation of the greatest witch hunt in the history of politics, a White House correspondent for Cheddar stated. I think itâs causing tremendous anger, he added, before saying, it is ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous.