Pence’s team is worried invoking the 25th Amendment — which can be implemented to remove a president from office — or starting an impeachment process, might cause Trump to take action which puts the nation at jeopardy, a source told CNN.
Pence’s goal for now is to assure there’s a soft transition of power between the Trump administration and President-elect Joe Biden’s team, as well as making sure Biden is fit to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, the source told the network.
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Trump and Pence have not spoken to each other since the Capitol Hill attack on Wednesday, CNN reported. Thousands of Trump supporters attended the violent attempted offense, which killed at least five people, including a police officer and an Air Force veteran.
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Pence has been under scrutiny from Trump for declining to stop the Electoral College count, which Congress certified early Thursday, officially declaring Biden as the election winner.
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On Friday, before Twitter permanently suspended Trump’s personal account, the president tweeted he would not be attending Biden’s inauguration.
In response, Biden said at a news conference in Wilmington, Delaware, he’s glad Trump, the “embarrassment,” won’t be at his swearing in.
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As for Pence, Biden said, the “vice president is welcome to come and we’d be honored to have him there.”
House Democrats have already inducted articles of impeachment, charging Trump of “inciting an insurrection,” which will be formally prepared on Monday.
In a letter to Democrats Saturday, Speaker Nancy Pelosi wrote, “There must be a recognition that this desecration was instigated by the President.”
“The Times Have Found us to save our democracy,” Pelosi added. “We will be proceeding with meetings with Members and Constitutional experts and others . . . I urge you to be prepared to return to Washington this week.”
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Pence has finally "gotten a glimpse of POTUS's vindictiveness", one source said, using the acronym for President of the United States.
Two sources familiar with the topic say Trump is mad at Pence and Pence is frustrated and discouraged by Trump.
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Trump put Pence in an impossible position, asking him to reverse the election results during Wednesday's collective session of Congress.
When Pence explained that he could not do that and sent a letter to members of Congress that he would follow the Constitution, Trump used his Wednesday rally encouraged the crowd to protest near the Capitol Hill, and said of his vice president, "Mike Pence, I hope you're gonna stand up for the good of our Constitution and for the good of our country, and if you're not, I'm going to be very disappointed in you, I will tell you right now. I'm not hearing good stories."
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