Impeachment article has 200 cosponsors: US rep.

The draft, citing "incitement of insurrection," could be introduced Monday.

Last Updated: January 11, 2021, 10:29 AM EST

President Donald Trump is slated to hand over control of the White House to President-elect Joe Biden in 11 days.

Jan 07, 2021, 5:06 PM EST

House Dems call on FBI to provide 'immediate briefing' on Capitol Hill 'terrorist attack'

Five House Committees led by Democrats have sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray seeking an "immediate briefing on the FBI's efforts to investigate the deadly attack on the US Capitol."

"We request an urgent briefing for the Chairs and Ranking Members of the undersigned Committees on how the FBI is working to investigate and hold responsible the domestic terrorists who incited and executed yesterday’s attack on the Capitol, as well as how the FBI has been tracking this domestic terrorist group, how it prepared for the events on January 6, 2021, and how it plans to disrupt any further violent plans," they wrote.

The letter was signed by Committee on Oversight and Reform Chair Carolyn Maloney, Committee on the Judiciary Chair Jerry Nadler, Committee on Homeland Security Chair Bennie Thompson, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff, Committee on Armed Services Chair Adam Smith and Rep. Stephen Lynch.

“Given the incendiary environment caused and exacerbated by President Trump’s rhetoric, along with the upcoming inauguration of President-Elect Joe Biden, it is imperative that the FBI leverage all available assets and resources to ensure that the perpetrators of this domestic terrorist attack and those who incited and conspired with them are brought to justice, and that this domestic terrorist group is disrupted from further actions against our government,” the Chairs wrote in a press release.

According to the release, the letter detailed how Trump incited the attack on the Capitol by repeatedly making false claims about the election being "stolen."

-ABC News' Mariam Khan

Jan 07, 2021, 5:04 PM EST

Georgia Secretary of State's office says Trump legal team has 'voluntarily dismissed' election lawsuits

According to the secretary of state's office, the president's and the Georgia GOP's legal teams have voluntarily dismissed four lawsuits related to the general election.

"On the eve of getting the day in court they supposedly were begging for, President Trump and Chairman David Shafer’s legal team folded Thursday and voluntarily dismissed their election contests against Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger rather than submit their evidence to a court and to cross-examination," a press release from Raffensperger's office read.

The release also said that the president's legal team is falsely claiming one case was dismissed “due to an out of court settlement agreement.” Raffensperger's office said that isn't true and that "correspondence sent to Trump’s legal team prior to the dismissals makes perfectly clear that there is no settlement agreement."

The three other lawsuits were also voluntarily dismissed by the Trump legal team with no settlement agreements, according to Raffensperger's office.

-ABC News' Quinn Scanlan

Jan 07, 2021, 4:43 PM EST

John Kelly to CNN: 'I would' vote to remove Trump from office

Former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly said he believes Trump's Cabinet should meet and have a conversation about the 25th Amendment, adding that if he was still in the Cabinet and had the opportunity, he would vote to remove Trump from office.

"You were a former member of the Cabinet, in addition to being White House chief of staff. If you were in the cabinet right now, would you vote to remove him from office?" CNN's Jake Tapper asked Kelly on Thursday afternoon.

"I -- yes, I would. One thing we have going for us here, Jake, it's only 13 more days," Kelly said.

John Kelly, White House chief of staff, attends a meeting in Washington, D.C., Oct. 11, 2018.
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"I don't think it will happen, but I think the Cabinet should meet and discuss this," Kelly said of the move. "The behavior yesterday and in the weeks and months before that have just been outrageous from the president. And what happened on Capitol Hill yesterday is a direct result of his poisoning the minds of people with the lies and the fraud."

Kelly said the president's actions Wednesday "didn't surprise" him but that he was "very surprised that those people would assault the people's house, do the damage they did and embarrass us all."

He went on to very bluntly criticize Trump, calling him "a very, very flawed man" with "serious character issues."

-ABC News' Elizabeth Thomas

Jan 07, 2021, 4:40 PM EST

Biden transition deflects on Trump's potential removal from office

The Biden transition is deflecting when asked questions about Trump's potential removal from office, saying both Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris are focused on their duties and taking office in less than two weeks.

A spokesperson said Biden and Harris will "leave it to Vice President Pence, the Cabinet and the Congress to act as they see fit," when it comes to Trump's removal, and again urged Trump stop blocking cooperation with the transition.

-ABC News' John Verhovek

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