As the US House of Representatives convened to debate incumbent President Donald Trump's possible impeachment, Speaker Nancy Pelosi charged that he had "incited an armed rebellion against our common country”, which constitutes sufficient grounds for his removal from office.
She branded Trump "a clear and present danger", insisting that "he must go". The Democrat went on to call on the Senate to convict the outgoing president.
Pelosi said Trump had "repeatedly lied" about the outcome of the election that he had lost to his Democratic rival Joe Biden, having "sowed self-serving doubt about democracy".
The House is set to vote Wednesday afternoon on impeaching Trump, accusing him of encouraging his supporters, many of whom attended a big MAGA rally in Washington, DC on 6 January, to go and storm the Capitol premises.