Sedition. Before votes to commit sedition, months of lies about the election. Now cory bush has introduced a resolution to expel the lawmakers who sought to invalidate the election results. Thats twothirds of the House Republican caucus of the she specifically mentions ted cruz, josh hawley and congressman mo brooks, who led objections to the electoral college. Brooks even more specifically and directly incited that protrump crowd on the morning of the terrorist attack, telling them this. Today is the day american patriots start taking down names and kicking ass. Now theres a growing call for these republican lawmakers to face at least some consequences for enabling and inciting this deadly delusion and attack, as democratic senator joe manchin and republican senator pat toomey told me yesterday. Whether they should resign or not, i dont know how they can live with themselves, knowing that people have died because of their words and actions. Theyre going to pay a big price for this. I
The election. And at the same time, nancy pelosi is giving donald trump and Vice President mike pence 24 hours to invoke the 25th amendment on his own without the act of congress in order to force donald trump out of office. Theres no indication that that is happening. So as a result, democrats behind the scenes are preparing, trying to get all their members in line behind this vote tomorrow that would make donald trump the first president ever in American History to be impeached twice. This will be on the incitement of an insurrection coming after his 2019 charges when charged with abuse of power, obstruction of congress. The question is, will this be enough to force donald trump out of office, and how quickly could this be taken up by the United States senate . Democrats want to have a trial immediately. But Mitch Mcconnell saying that essentially that will not happen until donald trump becomes becomes the expresident , joe biden becomes the president come january 20th. And that woul
And two Police Departments investigate whether anyone in their ranks joined in the rioters. Lets go out front. Good peeevening, im erin burnett. Acting secretary chad wolf resigning tonight aside from vowing he is resigning due to serious threats facing our nation. That was four days ago. His resignation coming tonight as we learn of deeply serious threats for the nation. The fbi warning of armed riots in all 50 states and our capitol. Theyre giving a time frame for some initial issues here, january 16 through january 20th. January 20th, of course, is Inauguration Day. They also say armed riots planned for washington, d. C. January 16 through 20. And they issued threats to nancy pelosi and Vice President pence. Terrifying and aimed at every single state in this country. And yet as americans face a grave and imminent threat of domestic terror, the countrys federal government has been m. I. A. We really have not heard from them at all. We have not seen the men and women who are still the
Future threats. You were briefed. Much. A very good tuesday morning. What can you share . That our democracy, our im jim sciutto. Country is still under attack. And im poppy harlow. That this was not something that one day until the president s we talked about in the past tense. That there are plans and second impeachment in the house intentions to, again attack the and the president is set to depart the white house for the first public event since the capitol to stop the transition of power and the person whose deadly riot on the capitol. On the site of the day, house feet i lay this at is the democrats are moving forward president of the United States. He incited the attack on the capitol last week and these with a attempt to oust the individuals are seeking to come to the capitol again to defend president and they are calling on the Vice President to invoke the 25th amendment. And protect him. If it doesnt happen, the and as long as hes there, hes a threat to life and hes a threat t
Warning of domestic threats against the government in the leadup to joe bidens investigation. The fbi is warning of armed protests in all 50 state capitols this week. And they are particularly concerned about domestic extremists who refuse to recognize joe bidens election victory. For his part, the president elect is expected to his the ground running as soon as he is inaugurated. One day on day one, i should say, he will take executive action to rejoin the paris climate accord, repeal the travel ban on predominantly muslim countries, and mandate masks on federal property. Its a huge week ahead. Jeremy diamond joins us covering the white house, Arlette Saenz with the biden team in wilmington, delaware. Thank you guys for staying up late on a saturday night. It is a big, big week ahead. President trumps days in office are winding down. It seems like the schedule that they put out about what hes doing every day is the same. Were not hearing much from him, seeing much of him. Its really t