Democratic Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that removing Donald Trump from power was an "emergency of the utmost importance", accusing him with his supporters of having participated in an "attempted coup ".
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She urged Vice President Mike Pence to invoke "immediately the 25th Amendment to the Constitution to declare Donald Trump" unfit "to govern, saying she hopes to have his answer" today ". If it does not act, Congress "may be ready to move towards impeachment proceedings," she added.