Hundreds of protesters marched from a Trump rally in front of the White House to the Capitol and stormed the building. Calls for impeachment spread rapidly across social media from Democratic lawmakers, commentators and some of Trump's fellow Republicans. "Inciting a coup has to warrant impeachment," NAACP Chairman Leon Russell wrote on Twitter. Some Republican lawmakers tried a last-ditch effort to challenge the election results, encouraged by Trump with his unfounded claims of voter fraud. Trump's former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci told Reuters via text: "Donald Trump and elected officials need to be impeached and removed from office.

Source: bd News24 January 06, 2021 22:52 UTC