A Swift Impeachment Plan

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The New York Times

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🗓️ 12 January 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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At the heart of the move to impeach President Trump is a relatively simple accusation: that he incited a violent insurrection against the government of the United States. We look at the efforts to punish the president for the attack on the Capitol and explain what the impeachment process might look like. Guest: Nicholas Fandos, a national reporter for The New York Times. For an exclusive look at how the biggest stories on our show come together, subscribe to our newsletter. You can read the latest edition here. Background reading: Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House would formally call on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to strip President Trump of power and move to impeach the president if Mr. Pence refused. Here’s a closer look at what the president said at a rally of his supporters, which is a focus of the impeachment case. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily

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0:26.0	From New York Times, I'm Michael Bavaro.
0:33.0	This is The Daily.
0:40.0	Today, House Democrats introduce an article of impeachment against President Trump for
0:47.2	quote, inciting violence against the government of the United States.
0:53.4	My colleague congressional reporter Nick Fandos on what happens next.
0:59.8	It's Tuesday, January 12.
1:05.0	Nick the last time you and I spoke, it was Wednesday night.
1:08.4	Just a few hours after police had cleared riders from the US Capitol, you had been locked
1:14.2	down with members of Congress as they face this threat.
1:18.7	And now, just a few days later, many of those lawmakers are preparing to impeach President
1:24.2	Trump for conduct that they believe incited that attack.
1:28.2	Yeah, I mean, at the very time, I was locked down with senators in this undisclosed, secure
1:34.8	location on Capitol Hill.
1:37.6	It turns out that a couple of members of the House of Representatives who were veterans
1:43.0	from the first impeachment of President Trump, a little more than a year ago, found themselves
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