Trump Faces Mounting Pressure and Calls for Resignation, Removal
- Democrat Schumer, GOP’s Kinzinger call for president’s ouster
- Transportation Secretary Chao steps down after Congress attack
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President Donald Trump came under mounting pressure Thursday after inciting a mob of protesters who stormed the U.S. Capitol -- facing calls to resign, talk of impeachment and a push for Vice President Mike Pence to undertake extraordinary constitutional moves to oust him from office.
The top Democrats in Congress, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, called for Pence and the Trump cabinet to invoke the Constitution’s 25th Amendment, which provides an avenue for the president to be removed. Pence hasn’t responded, and Democrats floated impeachment proceedings as an alternative.