唐纳德·特朗普总统将在11天后将白宫控制权移交给当选总统乔·拜登。

佩洛西告诉众议院民主党人准备本周返回

众议院议长南希·佩洛西(Nancy Pelosi)在周六给民主党人的一封新信中，要求议员们准备本周返回华盛顿——这是众议院可能接受的另一个信号通过弹劾条款周一正式提交给参议院。

佩洛西感谢民主党代表星期五在电话会议上与她交谈，并说她正在考虑他们的意见。不过，她在信中没有具体提到弹劾投票。

“自那次电话会议以来，我收到了许多来自议员的来信，表达了你们对我们如何前进以及我们的核心小组在国会大厦的强大存在的看法，”她写道。“在过去的几天里，我与国会内外的宪法律师讨论了您的观点，以考虑我们可以选择的议会和宪法方案。”

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202年1月8日，加州众议院议长南希·佩洛西走在美国国会大厦的走廊上

佩洛西在信中补充说:“从我从议员那里听到的，以及从公众那里收到的大量信息来看，很明显，《纽约时报》再次找到了我们来拯救我们的民主。”。「我们会继续与议员、宪制专家及其他人士举行会议。我继续欢迎您的评论。我敦促你做好本周返回华盛顿的准备。”

尽管民主党人希望共和党人支持他们的努力，但没有人站出来说他们会支持起草的指控。

佩洛西在新闻发布会上说周四，“如果副总统和内阁不[根据第25修正案]采取行动，国会可能准备推进弹劾。”

一些民主党人计划在本周末与共和党同事联系，以衡量他们的支持，并鼓励他们支持这一努力。

朱利安尼，德绍维茨可能在弹劾听证会上代表特朗普:消息来源

消息人士告诉美国广播公司新闻，唐纳德·特朗普总统倾向于由他目前的私人律师鲁迪·朱利安尼和他的长期盟友艾伦·德尔绍维茨领导的法律团队，如果他在参议院面临弹劾审判的话。

德绍维茨是协助特朗普的众多律师之一他的第一次弹劾审判去年一月。虽然他在众议院被弹劾，但他没有被参议院定罪】()。

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唐纳德·特朗普总统的私人律师鲁迪·朱利安尼在特朗普支持者聚集时发言

消息人士称，律师杰伊·塞库罗(Jay Sekulow)和帕特·西坡隆(Pat Cipollone)去年曾在总统的法律团队工作，预计这次不会参与。

周五，在特朗普几个小时前的一次集会上怂恿下，众议院民主党人讨论了在美国国会大厦被围困后弹劾总统的问题。他们散发了一条草案引用“煽动叛乱”，最早可能在周一提出。众议院的全面投票最早可能在下周中旬举行。

特朗普周一将只剩下九天的任期，从法律上来说，一位前总统在离开总统职位后是否可以被弹劾还很模糊。

彭斯将出席拜登的就职典礼:来源

据知情人士透露，副总统彭斯将出席当选总统乔·拜登的就职典礼。

这发生在唐纳德·特朗普总统发推特的第二天他不会出席。

周五早上，当彭斯离开白宫时，他的新闻秘书德文·欧玛利说，“副总统彭斯和第二夫人还没有就他们的出席做出决定。”

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2021年1月6日，副总统迈克·彭斯在华盛顿主持国会联席会议

拜登星期五说，他欢迎彭斯出席，尽管他没有和他谈过这件事。

“他不客气。拜登说:“我认为重要的是，我们应该尽可能地坚持历史上的先例，即政府应该如何改变以及在什么情况下改变。”。“所以呢...我们欢迎副总统的到来，我们将很荣幸邀请到他，并在过渡中向前迈进。”

参议院民主党人克鲁兹说，霍利应该辞职，否则“参议院必须开除他们”

俄亥俄州参议员谢罗德·布朗呼吁美国参议院驱逐德克萨斯州参议员特德·克鲁兹和密苏里州参议员乔什·霍利。如果参议员们在本周国会大厦的围攻后拒绝辞职。

布朗在推特上写道:“霍利莫和森特克鲁兹都背叛了他们的就职誓言，煽动了一场针对我们民主的暴力起义。”。“我呼吁他们立即辞职。如果他们不辞职，参议院必须开除他们。”

两位共和党参议员都因反对批准选举团投票而面临两党谴责。

Trump-Biden transition live updates: Mike Pence to attend Biden's 

President Donald Trump is slated to hand over control of the White House to President-elect Joe Biden in 11 days.

Pelosi tells House Democrats to be ready to return this week

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in a new letter to Democrats on Saturday, asked members to prepare to return to Washington this week -- another signal that the House could take up andpass the impeachment articleto the Senate after it is formally introduced on Monday.

Pelosi thanked fellow Democratic representatives for speaking with her on a conference call Friday and said she was taking their considerations into account. She did not specifically mention voting on impeachment in the letter, though.

"Since that call, I have received scores of communications from Members expressing your views about how we go forward and regarding a strong presence of our Caucus in the Capitol," she wrote. "Over the last few days, I have discussed your views with Constitutional lawyers, both inside and outside the Congress, to consider the parliamentary and constitutional options available to us."

"From what I have heard from Members, and from the deluge that I have received from the public, it is clear that, once again, the Times Have Found Us to save our democracy," Pelosi added in the letter. "We will be proceeding with meetings with Members and Constitutional experts and others. I continue to welcome your comments. I urge you to be prepared to return to Washington this week."

While Democrats are hopeful Republicans will back their effort, none have come out and said they would back the charge as drafted.

Pelosisaid at a press conferenceon Thursday, "If the Vice President and Cabinet do not act [on the 25th Amendment], the Congress may be prepared to move forward with impeachment."

Some Democrats planned to connect with Republican colleagues this weekend to gauge their support and encourage them to back the effort.

Giuliani, Dershowitz likely to represent Trump in impeachment hearings: Sources

President Donald Trump is leaning toward a legal team led by his current personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, as well as longtime ally Alan Dershowitz if he were to face an impeachment trial in the Senate, sources told ABC News.

Dershowitz was one of a number of lawyers who assisted Trump inhis first impeachment triallast January. While he was impeached in the House, he was not convicted by the Senate]().

Lawyers Jay Sekulow and Pat Cipollone are not expected to be involved this time around after working on the president's legal team last year, sources said.

House Democrats discussed impeaching the president in the wake of the siege on the U.S. Capitol, egged on by Trump during a rally hours earlier, on Friday. Theycirculated the draft of a single articleciting "incitement of insurrection" that could be introduced as early as Monday. A full House vote could be held as early as the middle of next week.

Trump would have just nine days left in office on Monday and it's legally murky whether an ex-president can be impeached after leaving the presidency.

Pence to attend Biden's inauguration: Source

Vice President Pence will attend President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, according to a person familiar with his decision.

This comes the day after President Donald Trump tweetedhe would not be attending.

On Friday morning,as Pence departed the White House, his press secretary, Devin O’Malley, said, "Vice PresidentPenceand the second lady have yet to make a decision regarding their attendance."

Biden said Friday he would welcome Pence’s attendance, though he hadn't spoken to him about it.

"He's welcome. I think it's important that as much as we can stick to what have been the historical precedence of how and the circumstances of which an administration changes, should be maintained," Biden said. "And so ... the vice president is welcome to come, we would be honored to have him there, and to move forward in the transition."

Senate Democrat says Cruz, Hawley should resign or 'the Senate must expel them'

Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, called on the U.S. Senate to expel Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Josh Hawley, R-Mo., if the senators refuse to resign in the aftermath of this week's siege on the Capitol.

"Both @HawleyMO and @SenTedCruz have betrayed their oaths of office and abetted a violent insurrection on our democracy," Brown wrote on Twitter. "I am calling for their immediate resignations. If they do not resign, the Senate must expel them."

Both Republican senators have faced bipartisan condemnation for their roles in opposing the ratification of Electoral College votes.