Insurrection and impeachment
EDITOR'S NOTE
Hello,
This is CNBC.com politics reporter Jacob Pramuk, in for politics editor Mike Calia.
Washington will spend the coda of Donald Trump's presidency deciding whether America can withstand even 12 more days of him at the helm.
Two days after a mob spurred by the president invaded the Capitol while Congress counted Joe Biden's election victory, House Democrats prepared to make Trump the only president impeached twice. Vice President Mike Pence and Cabinet members have resisted calls to remove Trump after the insurrection that killed five people and sent lawmakers and Pence himself scrambling into hiding.
Facing calls for his removal, Trump for the first time acknowledged a "new administration" would succeed his. He called for a peaceful transfer of power. Trump soon after said he would not attend Biden's inauguration, breaking with a tradition considered a hallmark of handing over authority in the U.S.
While Congress certified Biden's win, the consequences of Wednesday's attack have only started to unfurl. Lawmakers plan to probe the security failings that led to Confederate flags waving in the halls of Congress and a man in a Viking headdress presiding over the Senate.
More than 130 House Republicans objected to counting Biden's valid Arizona and Pennsylvania electoral wins hours after rioters threatened their lives. Millions more Americans, fed two months of conspiracy theories by a president grasping to stay in power, may always believe the country stole an election from Trump.
We'll see how much American democracy buckles under the strain.
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