By Aiyeku Timothy
Outgoing US President, Donald Trump has unwittingly pleaded with the Congress against threat to impeach him before his January 20 handover to Joe Biden.
Furious House Democrats are already making moves to impeach President Donald Trump if he doesn’t immediately resign as he is under increasing pressure from members of both parties for encouraging a mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol.
Pelosi said on Friday that Democrats “will preserve every option” to force Trump from office, either through the 25th Amendment or impeachment. She said she’s instructed the Rules Committee to be ready to move forward with a motion or resolution, but stopped short of saying articles of impeachment would be brought for a vote.
“With great respect, our deliberations will continue,” Pelosi said in a statement.
If Democrats follow through, Trump would become the first American president to be impeached twice.
Text of the proposed impeachment resolution includes a single article accusing Trump of “Incitement of Insurrection,” and says he engaged in high crimes and misdemeanors by “willfully inciting violence against the government of the United States” in connection with the storming of the Capitol Wednesday by throngs of his supporters.
However, Trump in a message through the White House said if Democrats proceed with impeaching process, it would divide the country at a time that should be reserved for healing.
“As President Trump said yesterday, this is a time for healing and unity as one Nation,” White House spokesman, Judd Deere, told Fox News on Friday.
“A politically motivated impeachment against a President, who has done a great job, with 12 days remaining in his term will only serve to further divide our great country.” White House said.
Despite Trump only having less than two weeks left of his term, he would be the first president to be impeached twice if successful.
It would be recalled that the House had impeached Trump in December 2019 on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress related to his attempts to pressure Ukraine to smear his political rival at the time, Joseph R. Biden Jr.
