House Democrats launch bid to remove Trump at bitter hearing with GOP

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House Democrats began the process of trying to remove President Trump from office days before the end of his term, sparring with the GOP at a fiery hearing on a measure that would request that Vice President Mike Pence determine him unfit for office by invoking the 25th Amendment.

The House will vote on a measure later Tuesday that calls on Pence to determine that Trump is unfit for office following the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by throngs of his supporters, who were angry about the presidential election that Trump said was fraudulent.

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