Washington (CNN) Republican presidential candidate Bill Weld called on President Donald Trump to resign Wednesday, writing in an op-ed that the country would be "better served with a President Mike Pence." "If Donald Trump is an American patriot, he should resign from office," Weld, the only announced Republican primary challenger to the President, wrote in an op-ed published in The Bulwark, an online platform that publishes conservative commentary. The only defense Trump has to obstruction of justice is that he was too incompetent to carry it off," Weld wrote. On impeachment, Weld wrote, "Whether this clear pattern of obstruction warrants impeachment is the purview of the House of Representatives." He continued: "But regardless of what they decide, the facts revealed in the Mueller report confirm that Donald Trump is not to be trusted."

Source: CNN April 24, 2019 22:30 UTC