U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar has written the articles of impeachment for President Donald Trump with less than two weeks to go in his term.
In a tweet Thursday, Omar presented the resolution to impeach the president, saying, “We need to move quickly to remove this President from office.”
Quickly is right. The President only has two weeks left in his term.
Read The Articles of Impeachment Against President Donald Trump
The resolution is co-lead by Reps. David Cicilline, Ted Lieu, Al Green, Hank Johnson, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib, Vicente Gonzalez, Jamaal Bowman, Mondaire Jones, Veronica Escobar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Cori Bush.
President Trump acknowledged his defeat and announced there would be an “orderly transition on January 20th” after Congress concluded the electoral vote count early Thursday certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.
“Even though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election, and the facts bear me out, nevertheless there will be an orderly transition on January 20th,” Trump said in a statement posted to Twitter by his social media director.
Trump’s personal Twitter account had been locked for violated the company’s terms of use.
Trump added, “While this represents the end of the greatest first term in presidential history, it’s only the beginning of our fight to Make America Great Again!”
