Pressure grows to impeach Trump

DEMOCRAT momentum for a fresh drive to quickly impeach Donald Trump has gained support, as a senior Republican said the president’s role in the deadly Capitol riot by a violent mob of Trump supporters last week was worthy of rebuke.

Senator Pat Toomey said he believed Mr Trump had committed “impeachable offences”. But he stopped short of saying whether he would vote to remove the president from office at the conclusion of a Senate trial if the House sent over articles of impeachment.

“I don’t know what they are going to send over and one of the things that I’m concerned about, frankly, is whether the House would completely politicise something,” Mr Toomey said on Saturday on Fox News Channel, speaking of the Democraticcontrolled House.

“I do think the president committed impeachable offences, but I don’t know what is going to land on the Senate floor, if anything.”

Speaking again yesterday, Mr Toomey called on Mr Trump to resign for what he said would be the good of the country. Mr Toomey said the president’s resignation is the “best path forward”. But Mr Toomey said he is not optimistic that Mr Trump will step down before his term ends on January 20.