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Vice President Mike Pence signaled he\u2019ll spurn demands to immediately oust Donald Trump over a deadly riot by the president\u2019s supporters as the two met and agreed to work together for the remainder of the term, according to senior administration official.<\/p>\n
The discussion seems inconsistent with intense speculation\u00a0that Trump plans to resign before Joe Biden\u2019s Jan. 20 inauguration.<\/p>\n
It was the first time Trump and Pence have spoken since the president\u2019s supporters stormed the Capitol while Pence was presiding over formal affirmation of his re-election defeat, according to two people familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n
The two men, meeting in the Oval Office, agreed that people who broke into the Capitol don\u2019t represent Trump\u2019s \u201cAmerica First\u201d movement and pledged to continue their work on behalf of the country for the remainder of their term, the official said. It was a good conversation in which Trump and Pence discussed the week ahead and reflected on the last four years of the administration\u2019s work, the official added.<\/p>\n
House Democrats are seeking to hold Trump accountable for the riot if Pence fails to act against the president. Lawmakers pushed forward on Monday with their plans to impeach Trump for a second time, introducing a resolution accusing Trump of \u201cincitement of an insurrection\u201d<\/p>\n
Pence was initially furious at Trump after hundreds of the president\u2019s supporters breached the Capitol last Wednesday, disrupting the count of Electoral College votes and causing the vice president and lawmakers to flee the House and Senate chambers.<\/p>\n
The episode raised the prospect that Pence might act to invoke the 25th Amendment to the Constitution, which allows the vice president and a majority of the cabinet to remove the president from office — a move encouraged by Democratic members of Congress. But Pence has privately dismissed the idea as not feasible, according to one person familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n
The senior administration official\u2019s account of their meeting appeared to put the matter to rest, and also rule out a presidential resignation.<\/p>\n
The vice president\u2019s office and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows\u2019\u00a0team coordinated on the official\u2019s account, according to people familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n
The official and the people familiar with the matter asked not to be identified because the meeting between Trump and Pence wasn\u2019t announced.<\/p>\n
House Democrats have introduced a resolution that sets up a vote over impeachment later this week — unless Pence changes his position and ousts Trump.<\/p>\n
Impeachment Moves Forward<\/strong><\/p>\n The chamber will consider the measure Wednesday, according to a schedule released from House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, a Democrat.<\/p>\n A majority of House lawmakers have signed onto the resolution, led by Democratic Reps.\u00a0David Cicilline of Rhode Island, Jamie Raskin of Maryland, and Ted Lieu of California, charging Trump with inciting the insurrection at the Capitol on Jan. 6.<\/p>\n It seeks to both remove Trump from the presidency and prevent him from ever holding office again. Cicilline said the resolution has enough support for passage, including some Republicans.<\/p>\n The four-page measure includes an article accusing Trump of high crimes and misdemeanors for \u201cIncitement of Insurrection,\u201d and says that he \u201cwillfully made statements that, in context, encouraged \u2014 and foreseeably resulted in \u2014 lawless action at the Capitol\u201d as lawmakers were certifying the Electoral College.<\/p>\n The measure also cites Trump\u2019s phone call to Georgia\u2019s secretary of state, urging him to \u201cfind\u201d enough votes to overturn Biden\u2019s win there.<\/p>\n \u00a9 Copyright 2021 Bloomberg News. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n