The U.S House of Reps pressed on with its votes to demand that Vice President Mike Pence applies the 25th amendment to remove President Trump from office.
This was disclosed in a report by Bloomberg on Wednesday morning.
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The resolution vote is seen as a symbolic move, before the House votes later today to impeach the President.
The U.S House voted 223-203 with the resolution.
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What you should know
- Nairametrics reported that U.S House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, said that the House would move to impeach President Trump, adding that they would only be stopped if Vice President Mike Pence initiated the 25th amendment to remove Trump from his role as President.
- However, the U.S Vice President, Mike Pence, stated that he would not invoke the 25th Amendment needed to impeach Trump. This comes as several House Republicans also joined the call to impeach Trump