House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the House must move to impeach President Donald Trump because the country is at “an unprecedented moment in history.”
Speaking Tuesday on the eve of a second vote to impeach him, Pelosi said Trump must be charged because of the “seditious attack” on the Capitol by his supporters one week ago.
“I urge my Republican colleagues to open their eyes and to finally hold this president accountable,” Pelosi told her colleagues on the House floor late Tuesday. “The story of our country, and the future of our very democracy, are at stake.”
The Democratic-led House is expected to vote to impeach Trump on Wednesday, with some Republican votes. If the measure passes, setting up a Senate trial, Trump will be the first American president to be impeached twice.
Earlier Tuesday, Vice President Mike Pence said he would not invoke the 25th Amendment, a step pushed by Pelosi to find the president unfit to serve.
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