01/10/2021 21:54
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Updated 01/10/2021 10:13 PM
The leader of the Democratic majority in the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, said that she is ready to launch a second impeachment process against President Donald Trump, unless he leaves the White House in the next few days.
Following the violence on Capitol Hill on Wednesday at the hands of Trump supporters, the House must rule on Monday and Tuesday on a resolution calling on Vice President Mike Pence and the cabinet to
remove Trump from office by
invoking the 25th Amendment to the Constitution. .
Pence is not expected to take the initiative to force Trump out of office, although there has been talk in Washington about the 25th Amendment option for days.
The House of Representatives would then weigh the articles for impeachment.
"Then
the legislation on the impeachment procedure will be presented
" to lawmakers, Pelosi wrote in a letter to parliamentarians.
"To protect our Constitution and our democracy, we will act with urgency, because
this president represents an imminent threat to both,"
added Pelosi, who has had a tense relationship with the president during his term.
In December 2019, Trump was already impeached in Congress - where the Democratic opposition controls the House of Representatives - accused of pressuring the Ukrainian government to investigate Joe Biden.
He was acquitted by the Senate, with a Republican majority.
Time for an eventual impeachment is tight
as Biden is due to take office on January 20
, and while impeachment could begin, Democrats should win Senate support from their Republican rivals to conclude with the president's removal from power. .
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