WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told lawmakers on Sunday night that they would first vote on a resolution this week calling on Vice President Mike Pence and the cabinet to remove President Donald Trump from office before move to dismissal.
The chamber is due to vote on a resolution on Monday or Tuesday calling on Pence to invoke the 25th amendment to the US Constitution, which allows him and the cabinet to remove the president if he is unable to perform his official duties. , Pelosi said in a letter. Pelosi added that after that the House “will continue to make available the legislation on indictment.” By late Sunday, 210 members of the House had co-sponsored the indictment, or almost a majority of the House.
Reporting by David Shepardson; Edited by Daniel Wallis