A former White House official with close ties to Pence earlier told CBS News that the vice president is "discouraged, disheartened, hurt and stunned."
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday laid out the next steps in the bid to remove President Trump from office in the wake of the assault on the U.S. Capitol. The White House, meanwhile, said Mr. Trump is set to travel to the U.S.-Mexico border on Tuesday and will resume official duties amid the firestorm.
Pelosi said Congress on Monday will move on a motion brought by Congressman Jamie Raskin that calls on Vice President Mike Pence to convene the Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Mr. Trump from office.
If Pence does not respond, Pelosi said the House will proceed with articles of impeachment, which have been drafted but have not yet been introduced.
A former White House official with close ties to Pence earlier told CBS News that the vice president is "discouraged, disheartened, hurt and stunned."
Two people alleged to be featured in viral photographs of the assault on the U.S. Capitol were taken into custody on Saturday. One was pictured carrying House Speaker Nancy s Pelosi s lectern and another, a man known as QAnon Shaman, was seen shirtless and wearing bull horns with his face painted in multiple photos.
The news comes as the U.S. attorney s office said on Saturday that it would be investigating the deaths at the Capitol, including of the woman who was killed by Capitol Police.
U.S. Attorney Michael Sherwin s civil rights division will be investigating the death of Ashli Babbitt, a Trump supporter who was shot to death by Capitol Police during Wednesday s riot. The U.S. attorney s office will also be investigating the death of Brian Sicknick, the Capitol Police officer who died Thursday after incurring injuries while physically engaging with protesters.
In an interview with "60 Minutes," Pelosi said the president "has done something so serious that there should be prosecution against him."