House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a statement Saturday the House is prepared to move ahead with impeachment if President Donald Trump doesn't resign.
Pelosi stated that she instructed the Rules Committee to be prepared to move forward on a motion to impeach Trump, if the Republican does not resign after deadly pro-Trump riots at the U.S. Capitol.
“Today, the House Democratic Caucus had an hours-long conversation that was sad, moving and patriotic. It was a conversation unlike any other, because it followed an action unlike any other,” the statement said.
“It is the hope of Members that the President will immediately resign,” Pelosi added in the statement. “But if he does not, I have instructed the Rules Committee to be prepared to move forward with Congressman Jamie Raskin’s 25th Amendment legislation and a motion for impeachment.”
“Accordingly, the House will preserve every option – including the 25th Amendment, a motion to impeach or a privileged resolution for impeachment. With great respect, our deliberations will continue.”
Earlier on Friday, Pelosi sent a letter to the House Democrats that said "there is growing momentum around the invocation of the 25th Amendment."
The House Speaker noted that she and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer had called Vice President Mike Pence about the possibility, adding that they "still hope to hear from him as soon as possible with a positive answer as to whether he and the Cabinet will honor their oath to the Constitution and the American people."
She called on Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment, warning that she was prepared to move forward with impeachment proceedings if he did not.
"Today, following the President’s dangerous and seditious acts, Republicans in Congress need to follow that example and call on Trump to depart his office – immediately," she said.
"If the President does not leave office imminently and willingly, the Congress will proceed with our action."
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