Democrats gives article for impeachment of Trump !

House Democrats formally introduced an article of impeachment against President Donald Trump for inciting a mob that attacked the Capitol in a bid to overturn the election results last week, setting up a vote on impeachment on Wednesday (Jan 13) that they have the numbers to win, reports The Strait Times.

The article of impeachment introduced on Monday accuses Mr Trump of “incitement of insurrection”, pointing to his false claims that the presidential election had been rigged and how he rallied his supporters to march on the Capitol.

The Democrats also introduced a resolution calling on Vice-President Mike Pence and the Cabinet to act to remove Mr Trump, seeking to pass it by unanimous consent, which Republican lawmakers blocked. That resolution will go to the House for a vote on Tuesday.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi laid out her strategy in a letter to Democrats on Sunday, telling them that the Democrat-controlled House will first issue an ultimatum to Vice-President Mike Pence to use his constitutional power to force Mr Trump out of office.

Mr Pence can do so by invoking the 25th Amendment, which allows him and the Cabinet to remove the President by declaring him unfit to exercise the duties of his office, but US media outlets have reported that he is unlikely to.

Ms Pelosi vowed to act with urgency to protect the Constitution and America’s democracy, calling Mr Trump “an imminent threat” to both.

“As the days go by, the horror of this ongoing assault on our democracy perpetrated by this President is intensified and so is the immediate need for action,” she wrote in the letter.

Last Wednesday’s attack on the Capitol left five dead, including one police officer. Another policeman died later by suicide