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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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


GOP Rep. Kinzinger: Best thing for the country is Trump to resign

While Many Democrats have renewed calls to impeach Trump, following his supporters' storming of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Illinois Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger said on ABC's "This Week" that he doesn't think impeachment is "the smart move" right now.

He did, however, call for the president to resign or be removed by the 25th Amendment.

"I think it victimizes Donald Trump again and I think there's a moment that we're in right now where Donald Trump, he's looking really, really bad," Kinzinger told ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos.

"I'll vote the right way, you know, if I'm presented with that, I just think it's probably not the smartest move right now but I think that's going to be out of my hands," he added.