Friday, January 08, 2021

Pelosi Says House Will Move to Impeach Trump If He Doesn’t Resign Immediately

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California said on Friday that the House would move to impeach President Trump over his role in inciting a violent mob attack on the Capitol if he did not resign “immediately,” appealing to Republicans to join the push to force him from office.

In a letter to members of the House, the speaker invoked the resignation of Richard M. Nixon amid the Watergate scandal, when Republicans prevailed upon the president to resign and avoid the ignominy of an impeachment, calling Mr. Trump’s actions a “horrific assault on our democracy.” » | Nicholas Fandos and Luke Broadwater | Friday, January 8, 2021