Republican Liz Cheney Says She Will Vote To Impeach President Trump
Cheney and Rep.
"To allow the president of
Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President
Trump faces 'incitement of insurrection' impeachment charge
The
Already scheduled to leave office next week, Trump is on the verge of becoming the only president in history to be twice impeached. His incendiary rhetoric at a rally ahead of the
As lawmakers reconvened at the
"All of us have to do some soul searching," said Rep.
Trump, meanwhile, warned the lawmakers off impeachment and suggested it was the drive to oust him that was dividing the country.
"To continue on this path, I think it's causing tremendous danger to our country, and it's causing tremendous anger," Trump said.
In his first remarks to reporters since last week's violence, the outgoing president offered no condolences for those dead or injured, only saying, "I want no violence."
Impeachment ahead, the House was first pressing Vice President
After that, the House would move swiftly to impeachment on Wednesday.
Trump faces a single charge - "incitement of insurrection" - in the impeachment resolution after the most serious and deadly domestic incursion at the
During an emotional debate ahead of the House action, Rep.
"Sweetie, I'm OK," she told him. "I'm running for my life."
But Rep.
Democratic Rep.
A handful of other
The unprecedented events, with just over a week remaining in Trump's term, are unfolding in a nation bracing for more unrest. The FBI has warned ominously of potential armed protests in
Metal detectors were being installed at the entrance to the House chamber not far from where
The final days of Trump's presidency will be like none other as
A
Few
Cheney had spoken to
In the
No member of the
Biden has said it's important to ensure that the "folks who engaged in sedition and threatening the lives, defacing public property, caused great damage -- that they be held accountable."
Fending off concerns that an impeachment trial would bog down Biden's first days in office, the president-elect is encouraging senators to divide their time between taking taking up his priorities of confirming his nominees and approving COVID relief while also conducting the trial.
Senate Democratic leader
As
Even
Among Trump's closest allies in
Judges across the country, including some nominated by Trump, have repeatedly dismissed cases challenging the election results, and former Attorney General
The impeachment legislation also details Trump's pressure on state officials in
The mob overpowered police, broke through security lines and windows and rampaged through the
While some have questioned impeaching the president so close to the end of his term, there is precedent. In 1876, during the Ulysses Grant administration, War Secretary
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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