Of the cabinet declare the president unfit for office and remove him under the 25th amendment to the u. S. Constitution. Now cnn is learning that federal prosecutors are looking at mr. Trumps unprecedented role in inciting this shameful violence. One top u. S. Attorney saying, and im quoting now, we are looking at all actors here and anyone that had a role. Meanwhile, the disgust among members of the president s own team is fwroeing and growing. Secretary of transportation elaine chao has become the first cabinet member to resign over these truly stunning events, saying shes deeply troubled by what she calls, and im quoting here now, entirely avoidable events. Were covering all angles of the breaking news this hour. Correspondents in key locations. Lets start with our chief White House Correspondent jim acosta. Fastmoving developments in the wake of one of the countrys worst days. Thats right, wolf. President trump is back, and hiding inside the white house after inciting a bloody coup attempt up on capitol hill yesterday. Now lawmakers from both parties are calling for mr. Trumps emoveable, using the 25th amendment of the constitution and speedy installation of mike pence as an interim president. Pence is break with the president , refusing to overturn the Election Results and now planning to attend joe bidens inauguration, were learning. Resignations, meantime, of officials are pouring in. None of that may be enough to stop a president who appears to be bent on destruction in his final days of office. As one republican source close to the white house told me, quote, the president is unstable, ranting and raving. One day after the president sparked a violent rebellion at the u. S. Capitol, spilling blood inside the halls of congress, a bipartisan effort is under way to kick mr. Trump out of office. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said democrats are prepared to impeach mr. Trump once again if the Vice President and cabinet fail to invoke the 25th amendment, allowing for removal of an incapacitated commander in chief. I join the Senate Democratic leader on calling upon the Vice President by removing this president by immediately invoking the 25th amendment. If the Vice President and cabinet do not act, congress may be prepared to move forward with impeachment. That is the overwhelming sentiment of my caucus. And the American People. Reporter a small number of republicans have begun to show their support, arguing mr. Trump is mentally unfit. All indications are that the president has become unmoored. Not just from his duty or even his oath but from reality itself. Reporter insisting the country has no choice after the storming of the capitol. I think theres no question that america would be better off if the president would resign or be removed from office. Reporter with his own social media accounts locked mr. Trump was forced to release a statement through an aide, relesion the statement, even though i totally disagree with the outcome of the election and the facts bear me out, nonetheless there will be an orderly transition on january 20th. Hold on. It was the president who incited the capitol siege, starting at his rally earlier in the day. Were probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them. Because youll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength. And you have to be strong. Reporter later, telling the rioters he loved them. This was a fraudulent election, but we cant play into the hands of these people. We have to have peace. So go home. We love you. Youre very special. Reporter transportation secretary elaine chao became the first cabinet member to resign in protest along with other Top Administration officials. Chao, who is married to republican Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell said in a statement it has troubled me in a way i simply cannot set aside. Mick mulvaney left his position as special envoy to ireland. I cant do it. I cant stay. Reporter cnn has learned Vice President mike pence was with his family on capitol hill during the violence yet the president and top aides did little to check on their safety. A source close to pence said was he concerned at all that an angry mob that he ordered to march on the capitol might injure the Vice President or his family . Engineered a coup to keep him in power, something he refused to do. Those who wreaked havoc in our capitol today, you did not win. Violence never wins. Reporter as one republican senator said of the Vice President , ive never seen mike pence as angry as he was today. Its now a soul searching moment for the gop, after leading figures in their own party fueled an attack on american democracy. And if were wrong, we will be made fools of. But if were right, a lot of them will go to jail. So, lets have trial by combat reporter there was combat. In a sign that the Vice President s family added to, daughter charlotte pence tweeted out congratulations to president elect joe biden. Cnn has learned the president spent Hours Tuesday applying pressure on Vice President pence to throw out the Election Results. During their meeting a source close to pence said the president repeatedly warned his Vice President there would be major consequences if he did not comply with the president s orders to throw out the results. The message to pence was clear. As for the upcoming inauguration of joe biden, it will be imperative to keep the capitol safe. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she called on for the residencition nation of the Capitol Police chief. There was a massive security breakdown when those rioters stormed the capitol. It is imperative that they keep that inauguration safe. At least trump has now officially quit this contest, is stepping aside. There will be a new president in 13 days. Thanks very much, jim acosta. Lets get more on the investigation. Cnn crime and investigation correspondent s hichlt mon prokupecz is joining us now. Investigators are looking at the role that President Trump played in inciting the violence, the chaos that ensued at the u. S. Capitol yesterday. Could the president actually be facing criminal, federal charges . Reporter well, wolf, youre right, the president could potentially his comments, his words on that stage, leading up to what happened here behind me yesterday, those comments certainly are part of a criminal investigation. Weve learned from the u. S. Attorney here in washington, d. C. , saying that trumps comments are fair game now to investigators. These are significant comments from a u. S. Attorney, who you dont normally hear these types of things from a u. S. Attorney, talking about an investigation. Wolf, let me read to you exactly what he said in a call with reporters. The u. S. Attorney saying were looking at all actors here, and anyone that had a role. And if the evidence fits the elements of the crime, theyre going to be charged. The u. S. Attorney saying that everything is on the table. Now let me just explain some of the things that the fbi and prosecutors here in washington, d. C. Are doing. Theyre going through a lot of the video, the social media postings. Theyre going through cell phone information. What theyre doing is theyre trying to see if people were working together here. Its obvious they were. That is something that theyre going to be looking at as well. Also today, the First Federal charges were announced against more than a dozen people involved in the activity yesterday. One of them charged with poss s possessing a gun and a gas mask and ammunition. Another person charged with assaulting one of the officers here. So this investigation, wolf, is very much ongoing. It would seem that there are a lot of prosecutors assigned to it, that there are a lot of fbi investigators, fbi agents assigned to this. The u. S. Attorney says we could see a lot more charges to come. Including potentially the president of the United States, which may inspire him to actually try to pardon himself or quit and let the Vice President give him a pardon in these final days. Well discuss a lot more on that. Thats coming up, shimon. Thank you very, very much. Chief political analyst Gloria Borger is with us, van jones is with us, dana bash is with us. And cnn legal analyst cordero. What we witnessed yesterday, this was awful, domestic terrorism inspired by President Trump. Listen to the words. He told these people minutes before he left toward the white house, walked down pennsylvania avenue up to capitol hill. Clearly has blood on his hands. The question is, will he be held accountable . Do you think he will be charged . I dont know yet, wolf. I dont know what the legal folks are going to say. Maybe Carrie Cordero can talk about that. I can tell you that it was so stunning to watch an insurrection, to watch a mob attack the capitol of the United States and the mob itself was a wholly owned subsidiary of donald trump. That is who they were. They were inspired by him. They listened to him. They took instructions from him, and they did this because they believed him, wolf. And now were in a situation where not only do people who are serving as members of congress feel in peril, but i think the whole country, to a degree, feels in peril because theyre worrying about what donald trump could do if he remains in office for the next two weeks. Having observed this, you have to ask the question. Theres no remorse from the president , it seems to me. The next question you have to ask is, what is next . Yeah. And, dana, the president clearly is not showing any remorse for his role in provoking this mob that overran the capitol. Instead, hes growing, were told, increasingly agitated. Whats that tell you about what we need to expect between now and january 20th, 13 days from now . We dont know what to expect. The only thing we have to base the next 13 days on is yesterday at this point, given what we understand from our reporting is the president s mental state. There isnt a lot of remorse that im hearing from my sources who were in touch with people around the president. Not at all. He is doubling down, tripling down. If anything, is he angry, not at himself or any kind of regret that he might have. Not at all. He is angry at people like mike pence. Angry at anybody who has spoken out. And that is a very, very, very long list at this point of people who are saying enough is is enough. Many who have been under a lot of pressure to say enough is enough for a long time, after pick your event where the president did something that was untoward or, frankly, antiamerican, depending on what it was. This was a completely different situation. And its really unfortunate that it took this kind of dese krccrn of the peoples house but also the people who work in that building who are on the president s side when it comes to the Political Party to feel personally in peril and to feel personally an affront to, you know, what was going on as opposed to other events throughout the past year, even just the past two months where they could have spoken out more forcefully. But it took this, feeling it personally, for that to happen. Took it personally, covered capitol hill for a long time. It was so painful to see this attack on the u. S. Capitol. Van, when joe biden won the presidency, you shared a very emotional moment. A lot of us remember it right here on cnn, where you said, and im quoting you now. You said its easier to be a parent this morning. Its easier to tell your kids that character matters. I wonder what you told your kids this morning. Well, you know, they are on the other coast from me right now. Im out here on the east coast doing this coverage. I havent had a chance to talk with them fully. But what i shared with them in general is this is a country that is better than what youre seeing. This is the only country they know, the only america theyve ever seen is what theyre seeing right now and my heartbreaks for them and for all the children of this country. This is the only america that they know. For us, its a deviation. But for them its their reality. And the sun has to come up later this month, but these are the moment dangerous 13 days this country has faced since the cuban missile crisis. You have someone in the oval office now who is out of moves. Hes out of legal moves. Theres no more ceremonies for him to try to hijack, no rubber stamp rituals to try to take over. He has to look down the long barrel of the defeat that he is not capable of accepting, and he still has all the powers of the nuclear arsenal, this is the most dangerous 13 days in the entire Political Class has to stand with one voice to press back on this president , to get him to accept his fate or to be removed from office. Thats where we are. I am i try not to be an alarmist in these situations, but what i have seen over the past now two months gives me not any comfort at all about the psychological ability of the president to accept whats happening with him and to govern himself accordingly. Both Political Parties now need to step forward and ensure the safety of the American People. You know, carrie, federal prosecutors, including the u. S. Attorney here in d. C. , theyre looking into anyone that had a role in inciting violence yesterday. Could the president , do you believe, face legal, criminal, federal charges . I think that the u. S. Attorneys office, wolf, is going to cast a wide net in terms of who theyre going to look at for this umbrella investigation that is going to look at what transpired yesterday. There were multiple federal crimes that we know, just from looking at the pictures and looking at the video of what transpired at the capitol, federal crimes in terms of breaching the capitol building. I read reports of some individuals who were armed. That in itself is going to launch the investigation. Whether or not the president will fall into that, they can look at his public statements. They can also start to investigate, as part of that investigation, anybody who was in touch with, perhaps, the leaders of the organization that was there. Do i think that the president will Face Criminal Charges . That will be a decision that a future Justice Department, the new Justice Department will have to make. But i want to be really careful, wolf, not to cabin the conversation about the president s conduct in the construct of whether or not he violated criminal law. Because thats the wrong frame for us to look at the president s conduct. The president should be facing his close advisers and his allies in congress, and they should be seeking his resignation based on the incitement activity that he conducted. It shouldnt take a criminal investigation. It shouldnt take the threat of a federal indictment. It should be the fact that we all know, the public knows that he incited those individuals to conduct the aggressive actions that they did. And we are fortunate, as a country, that there was not greater harm and death yesterday. Had someone who was armed used their arms in a different way, given the massive security failure at the capitol, we could have had a real, even more serious casualty event involving members and staff yesterday. You say the president should resign. Legally speaking, carrie, if the president , lets say, decided over these 13 days to resign but only if in advance he received a hard pledge from the Vice President , who would then become the president , mike pence, to give him a pardon, would that be legal to have a deal like that . That would be first of all, this would be a novel circumstance where that type of deal if he resigned and the Vice President pardoned him, if he took that action, i tend to think that that would be the end of it. There would not really be a venue to then litigate whether or not the Vice President s pardon were done in a corrupt way in some way. The purpose of the pardon would be to end this situation, which is for the next 13 days, the country is on edge that there will be more violence and the president will potentially inspire more violent activity, particularly around the inauguration day. As i remember when Richard Nixon resigned the presidency, gerald ford gave him a pardon. 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