January 13, 2021 News Brief

The House approved a resolution (223-205) calling for Vice President Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment.

[Letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi on 25th Amendment Resolution | The White House](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/letter-speaker-nancy-pelosi-25th-amendment-resolution/)

[McConnell leans toward convicting Trump in impeachment trial - Axios](https://www.axios.com/mcconnell-trump-convict-impeachment-trial-99246975-8c02-47f4-90d3-14a23c00afd1.html)

/Much more will become clear in coming days and weeks, but what we know now is enough. The President of the United States summoned this mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack. Everything that followed was his doing. None of this would have happened without the President. The President could have immediately and forcefully intervened to stop the violence. He did not. There has never been a greater betrayal by a President of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution./

[Read Liz Cheney’s full statement in support of Trump’s impeachment - POLITICO](https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/12/liz-cheney-trump-impeachment-statement-458394)

[Message from Joint Chiefs on U.S. Capitol Riot - USNI News](https://news.usni.org/2021/01/12/message-from-joint-chiefs-on-u-s-capitol-riot)

[EXPLAINER: Who’s been charged in the deadly Capitol siege?](https://apnews.com/article/who-has-been-charged-us-capitol-riot-4523babc6d058229c789b4a9e1f6787c)

[Mikie Sherrill says unidentified lawmakers led ‘reconnaissance’ tours ahead of Capitol attack - POLITICO](https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/12/mikie-sherrill-capitol-hill-attack-458655)

[‘It was like looking at evil’: The Capitol attack through the eyes of the Massachusetts delegation - The Boston Globe](https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/01/13/nation/it-was-like-looking-evil-capitol-attack-through-eyes-massachusetts-delegation/?outputType=amp&__twitter_impression=true)

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2021/01/13/one-week-after-deadly-attack-capitol-hill-halls-filled-with-national-guard-troops-instead-of-tourists-and-staffers/

Beth updating us on what we know from the DOJ and sharing some personal reflections on tonight’s Nightly Nuance.