“As President Trump said yesterday, this is a time for healing and unity as one Nation,” White House Deputy Press Secretary Judd Deere said in a statement to reporters. “A politically motivated impeachment against a President with 12 days remaining in his term will only serve to further divide our great country.”
Biden said that if Trump still had six more months of his presidency he would press for Congress to impeach him or use the 25th Amendment to remove him from power.
“He’s been an embarrassment to the country. Embarrassed us around the world,” the president-elect said. “Not worthy to hold that office.”
Biden said he would leave decisions about additional impeachment proceedings to leaders of Congress.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signaled support for the House of Representatives moving articles of impeachment forward as soon as next week, if President Trump did not resign or if Vice President Mike Pence did not use the 25th Amendment to force the president out of office.
