Live Updates: GOP Senate could take up Trump impeachment day before Biden inauguration at earliest, McConnell says

More than 200 lawmakers in the Democrat-controlled U.S. House of Representatives are now calling for President Donald Trump’s removal from office in the wake of a mob attack on Congress that left at least 5 people dead including a police officer.

Though calls for Trump’s removal are growing, either through impeachment or the 25 Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, time is short with less than two weeks to go until President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated on Jan. 20.

It’s also unclear whether there is enough Republican support to execute such a move. Vice President Mike Pence is said to oppose ousting Trump with the 25 Amendment, a process that would require majority support from the president’s Cabinet.

And so far, no Republican in the Senate has openly backed a second impeachment of Trump.

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“I have been asked and have agreed to cooperate with multiple government agencies to provide testimony on the wrongdoing by #Trump and the #TrumpFamily,” Cohen wrote in a tweet. “I am doing this in large part as #Trump and family have tried, and thankfully failed, to destroy America’s democracy.”

“I think he should leave. He said he’s not going to show up. He’s not going to appear at the inauguration. He hasn’t been focused on what is going on with Covid,” she said. “He’s either been golfing or he’s been inside the Oval Office fuming and throwing every single person who has been loyal and faithful to him under the bus, starting with the vice president.”

“He doesn’t want to stay there. He only wants to stay there for the title. He only wants to stay there for his ego. He needs to get out. He needs to do the good thing, but I don’t think he’s capable of doing a good thing,” Murkowski said.

The Alaska Republican did not comment directly on whether she would support impeachment. It’s unclear how much support a second impeachment trial would garner in the GOP-controlled Senate. It takes a two-thirds vote in the chamber to convict a president and remove him from office.

Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., told CBS Friday that he would “definitely consider whatever articles” the House of Representatives would submit. “As I’ve told you, I believe the president has disregarded his oath of office ... What he did was wicked,” Sasse said.

—Spencer Kimball

“I have been asked and have agreed to cooperate with multiple government agencies to provide testimony on the wrongdoing by #Trump and the #TrumpFamily,” Cohen wrote in a tweet. “I am doing this in large part as #Trump and family have tried, and thankfully failed, to destroy America’s democracy.”

“I think he should leave. He said he’s not going to show up. He’s not going to appear at the inauguration. He hasn’t been focused on what is going on with Covid,” she said. “He’s either been golfing or he’s been inside the Oval Office fuming and throwing every single person who has been loyal and faithful to him under the bus, starting with the vice president.”

“He doesn’t want to stay there. He only wants to stay there for the title. He only wants to stay there for his ego. He needs to get out. He needs to do the good thing, but I don’t think he’s capable of doing a good thing,” Murkowski said.

The Alaska Republican did not comment directly on whether she would support impeachment. It’s unclear how much support a second impeachment trial would garner in the GOP-controlled Senate. It takes a two-thirds vote in the chamber to convict a president and remove him from office.

Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., told CBS Friday that he would “definitely consider whatever articles” the House of Representatives would submit. “As I’ve told you, I believe the president has disregarded his oath of office ... What he did was wicked,” Sasse said.

—Spencer Kimball

“I have been asked and have agreed to cooperate with multiple government agencies to provide testimony on the wrongdoing by #Trump and the #TrumpFamily,” Cohen wrote in a tweet. “I am doing this in large part as #Trump and family have tried, and thankfully failed, to destroy America’s democracy.”

“I think he should leave. He said he’s not going to show up. He’s not going to appear at the inauguration. He hasn’t been focused on what is going on with Covid,” she said. “He’s either been golfing or he’s been inside the Oval Office fuming and throwing every single person who has been loyal and faithful to him under the bus, starting with the vice president.”

“He doesn’t want to stay there. He only wants to stay there for the title. He only wants to stay there for his ego. He needs to get out. He needs to do the good thing, but I don’t think he’s capable of doing a good thing,” Murkowski said.

The Alaska Republican did not comment directly on whether she would support impeachment. It’s unclear how much support a second impeachment trial would garner in the GOP-controlled Senate. It takes a two-thirds vote in the chamber to convict a president and remove him from office.

Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., told CBS Friday that he would “definitely consider whatever articles” the House of Representatives would submit. “As I’ve told you, I believe the president has disregarded his oath of office ... What he did was wicked,” Sasse said.

—Spencer Kimball