House Speaker Pelosi Calls For 25th Amendment To Be Invoked To Remove Trump From Office

….says Congress may pursue impeachment

Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the House, called on Thursday for
President Trump to be removed from office over his role in spurring
on a violent mob that stormed the Capitol and broke into the House
floor a day earlier.

Ms. Pelosi called on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the
25th Amendment, which allows him and the Cabinet to take the power
of the presidency from Mr. Trump. Her remarks echoed a similar
statement made earlier by Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the
Democratic leader.

If Mr. Pence did not move to do so, Ms. Pelosi said that she and
other members of Congress “may be prepared” to move forward with
impeaching the president for a second time.

“The president of the United States incited an armed
insurrection against America,” Ms. Pelosi said at a news conference
in Washington. “In calling for this seditious act, the president
has committed an unspeakable assault on our nation and our
people.”

Mr. Trump has just 13 days left in his presidency. Since
Wednesday’s attack on the Capitol, a number of Democrats and a few
Republicans have publicly stated that Mr. Trump should not be
allowed to finish his term.

During the siege, Ms. Pelosi’s office was invaded and
vandalized. Intruders in her suite overturned desks and smashed
photos, and at least one person ripped a piece of a wooden plaque
that marked the entrance to the speaker’s office off a wall.

Ms. Pelosi, a frequent target of Mr. Trump’s, described the
events as “horrors that will forever stain our nation’s history,
instigated by the president of the United States.”

She said that she was calling for the resignation of the chief
of the Capitol Police, which has been criticized over its response
to the mob. Officers appeared to be easily overwhelmed by the crush
of people outside the Capitol.

Ms. Pelosi also said that the House’s sergeant-at-arms, Paul
Irving, who is responsible for security in the chamber and its
office buildings, would be resigning from his position.

….says Congress may pursue impeachment

Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the House, called on Thursday for
President Trump to be removed from office over his role in spurring
on a violent mob that stormed the Capitol and broke into the House
floor a day earlier.

Ms. Pelosi called on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the
25th Amendment, which allows him and the Cabinet to take the power
of the presidency from Mr. Trump. Her remarks echoed a similar
statement made earlier by Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the
Democratic leader.

If Mr. Pence did not move to do so, Ms. Pelosi said that she and
other members of Congress “may be prepared” to move forward with
impeaching the president for a second time.

“The president of the United States incited an armed
insurrection against America,” Ms. Pelosi said at a news conference
in Washington. “In calling for this seditious act, the president
has committed an unspeakable assault on our nation and our
people.”

Mr. Trump has just 13 days left in his presidency. Since
Wednesday’s attack on the Capitol, a number of Democrats and a few
Republicans have publicly stated that Mr. Trump should not be
allowed to finish his term.

During the siege, Ms. Pelosi’s office was invaded and
vandalized. Intruders in her suite overturned desks and smashed
photos, and at least one person ripped a piece of a wooden plaque
that marked the entrance to the speaker’s office off a wall.

Ms. Pelosi, a frequent target of Mr. Trump’s, described the
events as “horrors that will forever stain our nation’s history,
instigated by the president of the United States.”

She said that she was calling for the resignation of the chief
of the Capitol Police, which has been criticized over its response
to the mob. Officers appeared to be easily overwhelmed by the crush
of people outside the Capitol.

Ms. Pelosi also said that the House’s sergeant-at-arms, Paul
Irving, who is responsible for security in the chamber and its
office buildings, would be resigning from his position.