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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 4740259" data-attributes="member: 48469"><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/11/politics/house-democrats-impeachment-plans/index.html" target="_blank">House Democrats introduce impeachment resolution, charging Trump with &#039;incitement of insurrection&#039;</a>&quot;House Democrats formally introduced their resolution to impeach President Donald Trump on Monday, charging him with &quot;incitement of insurrection&quot; for his role in last week&#039;s riots at the US Capitol.The impeachment resolution that the House is poised to vote on later this week is the Democrats&#039; first step toward making Trump the first president in history to be impeached twice.The single impeachment article, which was introduced when the House gaveled into a brief pro-forma session Monday. points to Trump&#039;s repeated false claims that he won the election and his speech to the crowd on January 6 before pro-Trump rioters breached the Capitol. It also cited Trump&#039;s call with the Georgia Republican secretary of state where the President urged him to &quot;find&quot; enough votes for Trump to win the state.&quot;In all this, President Trump gravely endangered the security of the United States and its institutions of Government,&quot; the resolution says. &quot;He threatened the integrity of the democratic system, interfered with the peaceful transition of power, and imperiled a coequal branch of Government. He thereby betrayed his trust as President, to the manifest injury of the people of the United States.&quot;The resolution also cited the Constitution&#039;s 14th Amendment, noting that it &quot;prohibits any person who has &#039;engaged in insurrection or rebellion against&#039; the United States&quot; from holding office.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 4740259, member: 48469"] [URL='https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/11/politics/house-democrats-impeachment-plans/index.html']House Democrats introduce impeachment resolution, charging Trump with 'incitement of insurrection'[/URL] "House Democrats formally introduced their resolution to impeach President Donald Trump on Monday, charging him with "incitement of insurrection" for his role in last week's riots at the US Capitol. The impeachment resolution that the House is poised to vote on later this week is the Democrats' first step toward making Trump the first president in history to be impeached twice. The single impeachment article, which was introduced when the House gaveled into a brief pro-forma session Monday. points to Trump's repeated false claims that he won the election and his speech to the crowd on January 6 before pro-Trump rioters breached the Capitol. It also cited Trump's call with the Georgia Republican secretary of state where the President urged him to "find" enough votes for Trump to win the state. "In all this, President Trump gravely endangered the security of the United States and its institutions of Government," the resolution says. "He threatened the integrity of the democratic system, interfered with the peaceful transition of power, and imperiled a coequal branch of Government. He thereby betrayed his trust as President, to the manifest injury of the people of the United States." The resolution also cited the Constitution's 14th Amendment, noting that it "prohibits any person who has 'engaged in insurrection or rebellion against' the United States" from holding office." [/QUOTE]

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