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Erin Burnett OutFront

Prosecutors are Looking at Trump’s Role in Inciting Riot

Erin Burnett OutFront

CNN

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3.9715 Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Sources say Democratic leadership is weighing a quick impeachment vote if Pence rejects an attempt to remove Trump from office. President Trump taped another video addressing the violence at the capitol yesterday amid a slew of resignations, including the first cabinet member. U.S. Capitol Police Chief resigned today after yesterdays deadly riot. A “non-scalable fence” is being built around Capitol  Hill. The FBI is asking for the public's help in identifying Capitol rioters. A U.S. Capitol police officer has died following yesterdays pro-Trump riot. The Wall Street Journal tells Trump to resign in a new editorial. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Outfront next. Breaking News. CNN Learning Democrats are eyeing a quick impeachment vote as

0:36.7

federal prosecutors are

0:37.8

refusing to rule out charges against Trump for his role in the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

0:42.8

Also breaking the U.S. Capitol Police Chief is resigning in the wake of the riot as we learned

0:47.6

that pipe bombs were also found at the RNC and DNC headquarters as well as on Capitol grounds.

0:57.7

And tonight we are uncovering new details about the rioters and exactly who they are.

0:59.4

You will see. Let's go out front.

1:05.4

And good evening. I'm Aaron Burnett. Outfront tonight, the breaking news.

1:09.9

The President of the United States is in increasing legal jeopardy at this hour.

1:12.6

Federal prosecutors say they are looking at President Trump's role in inciting the insurrection that the entire world witnessed live

1:17.6

in our nation's capital yesterday. Also tonight calls growing from both parties to invoke the

1:23.8

25th Amendment to immediately remove Trump from office. And if Vice President Mike Pence

1:29.4

and Trump's cabinet don't go ahead and do that, we are now learning that Speaker Nancy Pelosi

1:35.1

is considering a lightning quick impeachment process, which could be done in a couple of days.

1:40.3

All of this because of what transpired, thanks to Trump yesterday.

1:46.0

The U.S. Capitol Security breached, its offices ransacked, a mob marching on the Capitol,

1:51.2

Congress forced to stop counting the electoral college vote, forced to flee and evacuate offices ransacked,

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