UPDATES: President Donald Trump impeached by US House
Trump becomes 1st US president to be impeached twice
Associated Press
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President-elect Joe Biden says he hopes the Senate can balance a second impeachment trial of President Donald Trump with “other urgent business” as the coronavirus pandemic rages.
In a statement Wednesday evening, Biden did not take a position on whether the Senate should convict Trump after a bipartisan House vote that charged the outgoing president with inciting the violent insurrection on the U.S. Capitol last week as Congress convened to certify Biden’s presidential election.
Biden blamed Trump for the “armed insurrection” by his supporters. The president-elect called it “an unprecedented assault on our democracy . unlike anything we have witnessed in the 244-year history of our nation.”
The Latest: In video, Trump condemns deadly riot he fomented By Associated Press | January 13, 2021 at 2:42 PM EST - Updated January 13 at 9:30 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) â The Latest on the fallout from the attack of the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump loyalists (all times local):
6:25 p.m.
President Donald Trump has released a video condemning the violent insurrection he fomented at the Capitol last week.
The video came out Wednesday after he was impeached by the House for a record second time, this time with Republican votes. Trump also called on his supporters to remain peaceful amid concerns about additional violence in the days before President-elect Joe Bidenâs inauguration.