Extremists Face Charges As House Moves Toward Impeachment
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🗓️ 12 January 2021
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And while a debate about the consequences for Trump plays out on Capitol Hill, his supporters are facing consequences of their own in federal court.
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| 0:00.0 | President Trump is on the verge of becoming the first president in American history |
| 0:04.5 | impeached by the House of Representatives twice. |
| 0:08.3 | The clerk will report the title of the resolution. |
| 0:11.8 | House resolution 21 resolution calling on Vice President Michael R. Pence. |
| 0:16.6 | Democrats in the House began the week introducing a resolution that called on Vice President |
| 0:21.1 | Mike Pence to quote, |
| 0:22.1 | convene and mobilize Trump administration cabinet members. |
| 0:26.1 | To activate section 4 of the 25th Amendment to declare President Donald J. Trump incapable |
| 0:31.6 | of executing the duties of his office. |
| 0:34.4 | Now because Democrats control the House, that resolution is expected to pass on Tuesday night. |
| 0:39.4 | But no one, not Pence, nor anyone in President Trump's cabinet, seems willing to remove Trump |
| 0:45.2 | via the 25th Amendment. |
| 0:46.8 | There is a possibility that after all of this, there's no punishment, no consequence. |
| 0:53.6 | House Speaker Nancy Pelosi answered Leslie Stahl on 60 minutes about this. |
| 0:58.5 | And he could run again for President. |
| 1:00.8 | And that's one of the motivations that people have for advocating for impeachment. |
| 1:05.1 | The House vote is on one article of impeachment, |
| 1:08.0 | charging the President with incitement of insurrection, and it's set for Wednesday. |
| 1:12.0 | This President is guilty of inciting insurrection. |
| 1:16.2 | He has to pay a price for that. |
| 1:19.2 | Consider this between the timing and the resistance from Republicans, |
| 1:23.1 | it's not likely Trump will be removed from office. |
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