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12 Jan, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Rep. Liz Cheney, the No. 3 House Republican, will vote to impeach President Donald Trump for his role in inciting a deadly insurrection at the Capitol last week
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"There has never been a greater betrayal by a President of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution," Cheney said in a statement announcing her decision. politi.co/3i582Fz Image
Read the full text of Cheney's statement👇
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From our archives: Could Rep. Liz Cheney become the face of the Republican party as soon as 2021?
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13 Jan
The House impeached Donald Trump for the second time in a historic, bipartisan condemnation of the president politico.com/news/2021/01/1…
10 Republicans joined all Democrats in a 232-197 vote supporting a single impeachment count: "incitement of insurrection."

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The 10 Republicans who voted to impeach:
• Meijer, MI
• Katko, NY
• Newhouse, WA
• Rice, SC
• Gonzalez, OH
• Upton, MI
• Cheney, WY
• Herrera Beutler, WA
• Kinzinger, IL
• Valadao, CA politico.com/news/2021/01/1…
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12 Jan
A handful of Republicans are signaling they may join Democrats in the historic second attempt to remove the president from office.

Here are the GOP lawmakers who may support Trump's impeachment 👇
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski

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Sen. Ben Sasse

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6 Jan
Vice President Mike Pence was swiftly ushered out of the Senate chamber after protesters supporting President Donald Trump breached the Capitol amid Congress' certification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory politico.com/news/2021/01/0…
Congress paused its certification of the Electoral College as the House and Senate chambers were abruptly forced into lockdown, after Capitol police reported a “breach” of the building politico.com/news/2021/01/0…
This is the moment the House adjourned after protestors breached the U.S. Capitol politi.co/3hPMvkb
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6 Jan
Joe Biden has selected Judge Merrick Garland to serve as his attorney general, according to two people with knowledge of the decision politico.com/news/2021/01/0…
Garland's selection comes after Democrats appear poised to gain control of the Senate, making the task of finding a replacement for the judge far easier politico.com/news/2021/01/0…
When Justice Antonin Scalia died in 2016, President Obama turned to Garland for what he hoped would be a consensus pick.

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6 Jan
First thing’s first — Joe Biden will be certified as president sometime tonight or tomorrow.

In the interim, however, Trump loyalists will seek to overturn the results and authorities hope to stave off violence.

Here's how we expect things to go 👇 politico.com/news/2021/01/0…
⏰ Things will start up at 1 p.m.

That's when the House and the Senate will convene for a joint session to certify the electoral votes for Biden. The Senate will enter the House chamber, followed by VP Mike Pence and Secretary of Senate Mike Pompeo. politi.co/2JPM6Bv Image
⏰ At roughly 1:05 p.m., Pence will call the joint session to order and hand the certificate of Alabama to the first teller, who will read it and pass it over to the Clerk to the Parliamentarian. We'll continue going through the states alphabetically. politi.co/2JPM6Bv Image
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6 Jan
Tonight is unprecedented: Double-barreled runoffs in one state to decide control of the Senate. Here's what our reporters are watching for tonight.

We'll be here with more live analysis + results :point_right: politi.co/3pWnfLB
When will we know the results of tonight's Georgia Senate runoffs?

Some say it could come overnight – but it all depends how close the race is. If it's within 0.5 percentage points, we could see a recount and more delays.

More live analysis + results: politi.co/3pWnfLB
Something to keep a close eye on tonight as Georgia results trickle in, per @JamesArkin👀

Live analysis + results: politi.co/3pWnfLB
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