House Democrats would accuse Trump of ‘inciting insurrection’

House Democrats would accuse Trump of ‘inciting insurrection’

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The only impeachment article, which will be presented at 11 am ET when the House rallies on Monday, points to Trump’s repeated false claims that he won the election and his speech to the crowd on January 6 before pro-Trump protesters to violate the Capitol. He also cited Trump’s connection with the Republican state secretary of Georgia, where the president urged him to “find” enough votes for Trump to win the state.

“In all of this, President Trump has jeopardized the security of the United States and its government institutions,” says the resolution. “He threatened the integrity of the democratic system, interfered with the peaceful transition of power, and endangered a co-equal branch of government. In doing so, he betrayed his confidence as president, much to the detriment of the people of the United States.”

The impeachment resolution is the first step for Democrats to hold an impeachment vote this week to make Trump the first president in history to be impeached a second time.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told House Democrats on Sunday night that the House would continue to bring an impeachment resolution to the floor this week, unless Vice President Mike Pence moves to invoke the 25th Amendment with the majority. the Cabinet to remove Trump from power.
Pelosi’s letter was the first time that she explicitly said that the House would accept impeachment in plenary this week, although it was clear that House Democrats quickly came together around an impeachment resolution in the days after the Capitol riots, where five people died, including a US Capitol police officer.

Pelosi said House majority leader Steny Hoyer would seek to accept a resolution from Congressman Jamie Raskin of Maryland on Monday urging Pence and the Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment, and if they were blocked, the House would consider the measure in Tuesday.

Democrats are asking Pence to respond within 24 hours, she said. If not, Democrats will take their impeachment resolution to the floor.

The timing of the impeachment vote is still fluid, although it is expected to happen on Wednesday.

Several Republicans are considering supporting impeachment, sources say

The impeachment resolution was presented by Democratic representatives David Cicilline of Rhode Island, Raskin and Ted Lieu of California.

Cicilline tweeted on Sunday night that the resolution now has more than 200 co-sponsors, almost all of them Democratic caucus. The resolution would likely go to the House Rules Committee before it was brought to the floor.

The level of unity in the Democratic caucus is being driven by the visceral reaction to what happened on January 6, when lawmakers had to be evacuated from the House and Senate chambers with protesters banging on doors outside while insurrectionists were trying to stop the count. votes to affirm President-elect Joe Biden would become president on January 20.
Pelosi said in an interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes” program that he liked the idea of ​​invoking the 25th Amendment “because it frees him”, but explained that “one of the motivations that people have to defend impeachment” is to prevent Trump from occupying positions again.

“There is strong support in Congress for the impeachment of the president a second time,” she said.

House Democrats are calling for the entire caucus on Monday to discuss the way forward.

House Republicans urged Democrats not to go ahead with the impeachment, arguing that such a move would cause division in the face of Biden’s calls for unity. House minority leader Kevin McCarthy is also holding a conference call with the Republican Party conference on Monday, according to a known source.

The White House orders the flags to be lowered to honor police officers who responded to the violation of the U.S. Capitol
Still, there has been little to dampen the momentum towards impeachment since Wednesday. Two Senate Republicans, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, asked Trump to step down after the Capitol insurrection.

One of the biggest issues surrounding Democrats’ impeachment in the House is what it means for the opening days of the Biden government, because Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell has indicated that he will not call the Senate from recess for a trial. before the date set for a new meeting on January 19, which would start the January 20 trial – Biden’s inauguration.

A Senate impeachment trial would paralyze the chamber, unable to confirm the nominees or enact legislation in the early days of Biden’s presidency.

One option being considered is to wait until later to send the articles to the Senate: House Democrat James Clyburn said on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday that the House can wait until after Biden’s first 100 days in office before sending the impeachment articles to the Senate to start the trial.

This story was updated with further developments on Monday.

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