Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) office told Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) staff on Wednesday that the GOP will not agree to reconvene the Senate before Jan. 19 to allow an impeachment trial while President Trump is still in office.
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McConnell believes impeachment push will help rid Trump from the GOP, but has not said if he will vote to convict
Washington (CNN) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has indicated that he believes that impeaching President Donald Trump will make it easier to get rid of the President and Trumpism from the Republican Party, according to a source with knowledge of the matter.
Continue reading “McConnell believes impeachment push will help rid Trump from the GOP, but has not said if he will vote to convict”McConnell privately backs impeachment as House moves to charge Trump
- The House formally called on Vice President Mike Pence to move to wrest power from the president, as Republican support built for impeaching him of inciting violence against the nation.
Democrats cannot impeach Trump, and you can’t impeach him after leaving office: Dershowitz
Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz said Democrats have virtually no chance of successfully impeaching and removing President Donald Trump before Inauguration Day on Jan. 20.
Continue reading “Democrats cannot impeach Trump, and you can’t impeach him after leaving office: Dershowitz”Republicans wrestle over removing Trump
GOP lawmakers are wrestling with whether to stick with President Trump between now and Jan. 20 as members of his Cabinet consider resigning or invoking the 25th Amendment to remove him from office.
Continue reading “Republicans wrestle over removing Trump”Pelosi says House to move forward with impeachment attempt if Pence doesn’t respond
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Sunday evening said that the House will move forward with a resolution Monday that calls on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment in order to impeach the president, just two weeks before his term ends.
Continue reading “Pelosi says House to move forward with impeachment attempt if Pence doesn’t respond”AOC calls for Trump to be impeached — ‘We came close to half of the House nearly dying’
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) spoke out on Sunday to call for President Donald Trump to be removed from office due to the Capitol riots last week.
Continue reading “AOC calls for Trump to be impeached — ‘We came close to half of the House nearly dying’”House Foreign Affairs Committee Democrats support impeaching Trump
Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee joined growing calls among their colleagues for Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to take steps to impeach President Trump for his actions before the U.S. Capitol was attacked by a mob of his supporters.
Continue reading “House Foreign Affairs Committee Democrats support impeaching Trump”Pelosi, Democrats introducing bill to create commission on ‘presidential capacity’
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) announced a bill to create “Commission on Presidential Capacity to Discharge the Powers and Duties of Office” that would possibly attempt to invoke the 25th Amendment of the Constitution to enable Congress to “help ensure effective and uninterrupted leadership in the highest office in the Executive Branch of government.”
Continue reading “Pelosi, Democrats introducing bill to create commission on ‘presidential capacity’”The Constitution is clear
The 25th Amendment must be invoked. The President is no longer capable of performing his duties. If Pence is not infected, he must be sworn in immediately. If he’s infected too, then Pelosi must be sworn in.
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