NEW: 22 former GOP members of Congress call for the impeachment of President Trump, who they say "actively orchestrat[ed] an insurrection" against a co-equal branch of govt.
“Clearly, the President violated his oath of office and is unfit to serve," his spokesman said in a statement.
For the freshman class of the 117th, their first major vote in Congress will be whether to impeach Trump who is just days away from the end of his presidency.
That was unfathomable just a week ago.
Also, Wednesday's impeachment vote is not just about last week's assault on Capitol, some Rs say.
What happens if Trump incites more violence in the days leading up to Biden inauguration, or in the months to come?
Rs are weighing these considerations as well
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House passes resolution calling on Pence to assemble Cabinet and invoke 25th Amendment.
Rep. Kinzinger is only Republican to join the Democrats.
Impeachment vote tomorrow
Jamie @HerreraBeutler (R-Wash.) becomes the 5th Republican to back impeachment.
“The President attacked Vice President Mike Pence on Twitter while Pence was in a secure room having fled from the mob that had breached the Senate floor threatening to hang him” GOP @HerreraBeutler
CHENEY places blames squarely on TRUMP for 1/6 assault on Capitol:
"The President of the United States summoned this mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack. Everything that followed was his doing. None of this would have happened without the President."
CHENEY says it's clear TRUMP could have sent in National Guard to stop the violence and chose not to:
"THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A GREATER BETRAYAL BY A PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF HIS OFFICE AND HIS OATH TO THE CONSTITUTION."
NEW SECURITY MEASURES for the House floor: Magnetometers erected at chamber entrances after 1/6 Capitol insurrection, per acting sergeant at arms
NEW: PELOSI implementing fines for members who refuse to wear masks:
$500 fine for first offense. $2,500 for second office. Fines will be deducted from Member pay (no use of campaign funds or MRA for fines).
House Office Building Commission will be immediately considering the implementation of a similar fine system for mask wearing non-compliance in the House Office Buildings and house side of the U.S. Capitol Building.
"The United States Capitol Police is deeply saddened by the off-duty death on January 9, 2021, of Officer Howard Liebengood, age 51. He was assigned to the Senate Division, and has been with the Department since April 2005."
If you work in the Capitol, you know the name Liebengood.
The officer is the son of the late Howard S. Liebengood, a former top Senate aide who himself served as sergeant-at-arms at the Capitol from 1981 to 1983. chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-20…