Presidential Transition Highlights: House Says It Will Move Swiftly With Impeachment if Pence Wonât Act
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Democrats suggested they could charge President Trump with âhigh crimes and misdemeanorsâ by midweek for inciting a mob that attacked the Capitol. But top leaders want to avoid hamstringing the first days of Joseph R. Biden Jr.âs presidency with an all-consuming Senate trial.
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment.Credit...Erin Schaff/The New York Times