Pelosi to Unleash Second Impeachment of Trump, Several GOP Senators Want Him to Resign
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- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
is set to bring a resolution today,
calling on Vice PresidentPence and the Cabinet
to use the 25th Amendmentto remove President Trump,
but Pence is not expected to do so,
and that means the Democratswill then turn to impeachment.
Pelosi told CBS' "60 Minutes" program
she's ready to impeachTrump a second time,
something that has never beendone in our nation's history.
- I like the 25th Amendment,because it gets rid of him.
He's out of office, butthere is strong support
in the Congress for impeachingthe President a second time.
- [Dale] Pelosi is readying asingle article of impeachment,
charging Trump withincitement of insurrection.
At least 200 lawmakerssupport the resolution
but so far no Republicanhas publicly signed on.
- I think the best thingfor the country to heal
would be for him to resign.
The next best thing is the 25th Amendment.
- [Dale] But Republican Senator Ben Sasse
said he would considerany impeachment articles
brought by the Houseagainst President Trump.
The President is blamed for inciting
the violence at theCapitol with these words.
- We're going to the Capitol
and if you don't fight like hell,
you're not gonna have a country anymore.
- [Dale] The Presidentlater tweeted be peaceful,
but it was too late.
Rioters inside the Capitolcould be heard chanting
"Hang Mike Pence."
- [Crowd] Hang Mike Pence.
- [Dale] The attack left five people dead,
including one Capitol Police officer,
Brian Sicknick, who died from injuries
sustained during the attack.
One of the rioters, Ashli Babbitt,
was shot and killed by Capitol Police.
Senators Lisa Murkowski and Pat Toomey
have called on the President to resign.
- I think the best wayfor our country, Chuck,
is for the presidentto resign and go away.
- But Senator Roy Bluntsays there's no way
the President could be removed from office
before January 20th if hedoesn't choose to resign.
Meanwhile, there havebeen at least 60 arrests
and 25 domestic terrorismcases have been opened
in the wake of Wednesday's Capitol breach
including Eric Gavelekof Munchel, Tennessee,
allegedly seen with zip tiesinside the Senate Chamber
and Cleveland Grover Meredith Jr.,
accused of bringing an assault rifle to DC
and threatening to killHouse Speaker, Nancy Pelosi.
What happened at the Capitol has officials
preparing to ramp up securityfor Joe Biden's inauguration,
but so far no plans to change
the location of the event itself.
Dale Hurd, CBN News.