WASHINGTON — House Democrats are planning to introduce at least one article of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Monday for “incitement of insurrection” when his supporters violently breached the Capitol last Wednesday.
Members will unveil the article and other resolutions during a session of the House at 11 a.m. ET.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., will introduce a resolution prepared by Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., that calls on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said in a letter to her caucus on Sunday evening. Hoyer needs unanimous consent to pass the measure and, if any member blocks it, Democrats will hold a floor vote on the legislation Tuesday.
“We are calling on the Vice President to respond within 24 hours,” Pelosi said in her letter, which said that Democrats would pursue impeachment legislation next.
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The “incitement of insurrection” article of impeachment will be introduced by Raskin and Reps. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., and David Cicilline, D-R.I., along with more than 200 Democratic co-sponsors. The measure says that Trump has “demonstrated that he will remain a threat to national security, democracy and the Constitution if allowed to remain in office, and has acted in a manner grossly incompatible with self-governance and the rule of law.”
“President Trump this warrants impeachment and trial, removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States,” the resolution says.
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., has also prepared two articles of impeachment related to Wednesday’s attack on the Capitol and the call Trump made to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, in which the president sought to have him to overturn Biden’s victory in the state.
Freshman Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., plans to introduce a resolution “to expel members to voted to overturn the election and incited a white supremacist coup that has left people dead. They have violated the 14th Amendment,” she said in a tweet Sunday. Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., also plans to unveil a resolution that would censure Trump.
House Democrats are expected to hold a conference call at 2 p.m. ET Monday about their “response to the violent assault on the Capitol.”
Pelosi and other House Democratic leaders have not explicitly said which, if any, articles of impeachment the House will vote on and the earliest a vote on any articles could be held is Wednesday. Democrats have overwhelmingly voiced support for the effort and fast-tracking it as Trump nears his final days in office.
Even if the House impeaches Trump this week, the earliest the Senate could begin to take it up would be January 19, according to a memo circulated by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., unless all 100 Senators agree to come back early.
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