Washington DC, SAEDNEWS, Jan. 12: The impeachment resolution noted that Trump addressed a rally shortly before his supporters mounted the deadly January 6 assault and said he made statements that "encouraged and foreseeably resulted in" the lawless actions at the Capitol.
“President Trump gravely endangered the security of the United States and its institutions of Government,” read the four-page impeachment bill. “He will remain a threat to national security, democracy, and the Constitution if allowed to remain in office,” it noted.
The move came as Republicans on Monday blocked another Democrat resolution calling on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment of the Constitution and remove Trump from the White House.
The rarely used 25th Amendment of the US Constitution allows the vice president and the Cabinet to remove a president deemed unable or unfit to do the job.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday slammed Republican lawmakers for blocking the resolution.
"The House Republicans rejected this legislation to protect America, enabling the President's unhinged, unstable and deranged acts of sedition to continue," Pelosi said in a statement. "Their complicity endangers America, erodes our Democracy, and it must end."
However, the full House is set to hold a roll call vote on that resolution on Tuesday, and it is expected to pass.
After that, Pelosi said Pence will have 24 hours to respond. Next, the House would proceed to impeachment. A vote could come Wednesday (Source: France 24).
Pelosi Warns Vice President Pence of Trump's Impeachment
