US Vice President under pressure to act to remove Trump as President

US Vice President under pressure to act to remove Trump as President over his role in last week’s storming of Congress.

According to BBC, US House Speaker intensified pressure on s Vice President Mike Pence in this regard.

US Vice President under pressure to act to remove Trump

Lawmakers likely to bring up a resolution asking Mr Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to declare the president unfit for office.

However, Pence is opposing the idea.

If he refuses, Democrats will vote to impeach Mr Trump who had urged supporters to march on the Capitol.

The Democrats and an increasing number of Republicans accused the Republican president Trump  over the riot.

Specially, they had to react following a rally in which Mr Trump repeated unsubstantiated allegations of vote fraud.

Five people died in the attack, including a Capitol police officer.

Mr Trump has made no public statements since he was banned from several social media platforms – including Twitter – on Friday.

He is due to leave office on 20 January, when Democrat Joe Biden will be sworn is as president. Mr Trump has said he will not attend Mr Biden’s swearing-in ceremony.

Ms Pelosi wrote to lawmakers saying the House of Representatives would present a resolution on Monday to formally request that Mr Pence invoke the 25th Amendment to the Constitution, which would allow Mr Pence to remove Mr Trump from the White House and become acting president.

The House could vote on the resolution on Tuesday. After that, Mr Pence and the cabinet would be given 24 hours to act before the House’s potential move toward impeachment.

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