Impeachment article has 200 cosponsors: US rep.
The draft, citing "incitement of insurrection," could be introduced Monday.
President Donald Trump is slated to hand over control of the White House to President-elect Joe Biden in 11 days.
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- Rep. Cicilline: 'Just passed 200 cosponsors' on article of impeachment
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- Senate Democrat says Cruz, Hawley should resign or 'the Senate must expel them'
- Trump asked Georgia election investigator to 'find the fraud': Source
Entire DC National Guard activated to deal with protests
The entire D.C. National Guard has been activated by the Department of Defense to respond to the violent scene at the U.S. Capitol.
"The D.C. Guard has been mobilized to provide support to federal law enforcement in the District. Acting Secretary Miller has been in contact with congressional leadership, and Secretary McCarthy has been working with the D.C. government. The law enforcement response will be led by the Department of Justice," said chief Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman.
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany tweeted that Trump had directed the National Guard and other federal protective services to deploy -- but Trump has not called on protesters to leave as Vice President Mike Pence and others have.
Democratic leadership calls on Trump to demand protesters leave
In a joint statement from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Schumer, the Democratic congressional leadership called on Trump to put an end to the chaos.
"We are calling on President Trump to demand that all protestors leave the U.S. Capitol and Capitol Grounds immediately," it said.
Trump so far has only called on his supporters to "stay peaceful" in a tweet. Meanwhile, a supporter of Trump's sat inside Pelosi's office as the breach of the building continued. A message was left for the speaker on a manila folder on her desk reading, "WE WILL NOT BACK DOWN."
Woman shot inside Capitol
Sources tell ABC News that a woman has been shot inside of the U.S. Capitol and has been seriously injured. It’s unclear what led to the shooting or if law enforcement was involved.
A source familiar with the situation said that D.C. Fire EMS are transporting a woman in critical condition to a local hospital.
-ABC News' Mike Levine and Luke Barr
Trump watching chaos unfold on television at White House
Sources tell ABC News Trump is watching the storming of the Capitol protests on television at the White House, some close to President Trump beside themselves pushing him to do more to stop and condemn the violence playing out on Capitol Hill.
Many White House staffers avoided going to work Wednesday fearing events could be violent, and they did not want to be near the president who has been fuming for days.
Some sources tell ABC there is chatter among White House aides to personally resign as they can't stand by watching what is happening right now play out.
-ABC News' John Santucci and Katherine Faulders
Georgia election official debunks fraud theories Trump raised on call with Raffensperger
Georgia election official Gabriel Sterling, a Republican, at a press conference on what he called "anti-disinformation Monday," ran through major voter conspiracies pushed by Trump, his allies and far-right media outlets and debunked them one-by-one in an effort to restore faith in Georgia's election system.
"The reason I'm having to stand here today is because there are people in positions of authority and respect who have said their vote didn't count and it's not true," Sterling said, stressing to Georgians that their votes count ahead of critical runoffs in the state which will determine the balance of power in the U.S. Senate.
"It's Whac-A-Mole again. It is Groundhog Day again. I'm going to talk about the things I've talked about repeatedly for two months, but I'm going to do it for one last time," Sterling said, adding he "screamed" at the radio upon hearing audio of the phone call between Trump and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger because theories Trump questioned have already been "thoroughly debunked."
For example, Sterling, responding to those who claim there were roughly 2,500 people who voted without being registered, said, "Let's just be clear about this: you can't do it!" He said, "So that number is zero," going on to debunk other theories.
Asked if he believes, as some have said, that Trump's phone call was an attack on democracy, Sterling said he'd leave others to make that decision before adding he felt it was "out of place."
"I found it to be something that was not normal -- out of place -- and nobody I know who would be president would do something like that to a secretary of state," Sterling said.
Asked about Raffenperger's desire to have the phone call recorded and whether he was concerned about anything improper being said or needing to release it later, Sterling said it was recorded "out of an abundance of caution"
"I think given the environment we're in right now, the political situation that we're in, the history of the president, knowing that he sometimes doesn't necessarily characterize things as they might have actually occurred, it was out of abundance of caution," Sterling said.
"I'm sure the president's side may have recorded it, too. They may have been the ones who leaked part of that, too," he added.