Pelosi says House will proceed with efforts to remove Trump 'with urgency'

House will first try to force Mike Pence to oust president by invoking 25th amendment and then move forward with impeachment

The House is prepared to launch impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump as early as this week if Vice President Mike Pence and the cabinet refuse to remove him from office for his role in inciting a mob that carried out a deadly assault on the seat of American government.

The House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, delivered the ultimatum in a letter to colleagues on Sunday night that described the president as an urgent threat to the nation.