House Dems introduce article of impeachment charging Trump with 'incitement of insurrection'
During Monday's brief session, Republicans blocked an effort by Democrats to get unanimous consent to force Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment, and House Democrats introduced one article of impeachment against President Trump for "incitement of insurrection" in the wake of a pro-Trump mob breaching the U.S. Capitol last Wednesday.
![PHOTO: The U.S. House of Representatives convenes on Jan. 11, 2021 where Democrats introduced a resolution calling on Vice President Pence to enact the 25th Amendment and remove President Donald Trump from office in Washington, D.C.](https://s.abcnews.com/images/Politics/house-impeach-abc-rc-210111_1610383371924_hpEmbed_16x9_992.jpg)
The "incitement of insurrection" article of impeachment was introduced by Reps. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., Ted Lieu, D-Calif., and David Cicilline, D-R.I., along with more than 210 Democratic co-sponsors.
The measure says that Trump has "demonstrated that he will remain a threat to national security, democracy and the Constitution if allowed to remain in office and has acted in a manner grossly incompatible with self-governance and the rule of law."
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has told Democrats they will move forward with an impeachment vote immediately if Pence and the Cabinet do not invoke the 25th Amendment and remove Trump from power.
Hoyer told reporters this morning that "there very well could be" an impeachment vote as early as Wednesday.
-ABC News' Mariam Khan