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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White House says impeaching Trump will 'further divide our great country'

White House deputy press secretary Judd Deere has issued a statement in response to movement on Capitol Hill to impeach Trump for a second time.

“As President Trump said yesterday, this is a time for healing and unity as one Nation. A politically motivated impeachment against a President, who has done a great job, with 12 days remaining in his term will only serve to further divide our great country," the statement read.

-ABC News' Ben Gittleson


Murkowski wants Trump to resign, questions her place in the GOP

Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said in an interview with the Anchorage Daily News that she wants Trump to resign and questioned whether she would remain a part of the Republican party.

"I want him to resign. I want him out. He has caused enough damage," Murkowski said.

She attributed the violence at the Capitol Wednesday to Trump and said that if the Republican Party cannot separate itself from the president she questions her place in it.

"If the Republican Party has become nothing more than the party of Trump, I sincerely question whether this is the party for me," she said.

-ABC News' Allison Pecorin


Biden says it's a 'good thing' Trump is not going to his inauguration

After directing questions on impeachment to Congress, Biden said he thinks the "quickest way" for Trump to be removed from office is with his own inauguration on Jan. 20 and it's a "good thing" Trump isn't showing up.

"One of the few things he and I have ever agreed on. It's a good thing, him not showing up," Biden said. "Because he has clearly demonstrated -- he’s exceeded even my worst notions about him. He's been an embarrassment to the country, embarrassed us around the world -- not worthy, not worthy to hold that office."

"If we were six months out, we should be moving everything to get him out of office -- impeaching him again, invoke -- trying to invoke the 25th amendment, whatever it took to get him out of office, but I am focused now on us taking control," he added.

Biden said he hasn't spoken with Vice President Mike Pence but that he'd be "honored" to have him at the inauguration.

-ABC News' Molly Nagle and John Verhovek


House Dems expected to introduce article of impeachment against Trump

House Democrats are expected to charge Trump with inciting insurrection in an impeachment article that will be released on Monday, according to the latest draft of the charge obtained by ABC News.

A single article of impeachment, "incitement of insurrection," charges Trump with "willfully inciting violence against the government of the United States" with comments at the rally outside the White House that "encouraged—and foreseeably resulted in—imminent lawless action at the. Capitol," according to a draft.

It also makes note of Trump's threatening call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger.

At least 153 Democrats planned to co-sponsor the measure, as of Friday afternoon.

-ABC News' Mariam Khan and Benjamin Siegel


Pence urges focus on Georgia runoffs, says 'our day in Congress' will come

Vice President Mike Pence, stumping for GOP Georgia senators on the eve of runoff elections there, vowed Republicans will have "our day in Congress" to contest the Electoral College results while urging supporters to put their immediate focus on defending the party's majority in the Senate.

"I know we’ve all got our doubts about the last election," Pence told hundreds of mostly maskless supporters inside a church in Milner, Georgia. "And I want to assure you I share the concerns of millions of Americans about voting irregularities. And I promise you, come this Wednesday, we’ll have our day in Congress. We’ll hear the objections. We’ll hear the evidence. But tomorrow it’s Georgia’s day."

Recent polls show tight races between sitting GOP Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler and Democratic contenders Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock -- forcing star power to the Peach State on the eve of the election including visits from Trump and Biden later on Monday.

-ABC News' Justin Gomez