Democratic leaders call for Trump's removal from office

Pelosi and Schumer say if president isn't removed via 25th amendment he should be impeached for a second time

Democratic leaders have called for Donald Trump to be forced from office before his term ends on 20 January for his role in inciting the mob attack on the US Congress, in what his successor, Joe Biden, described as one of the darkest days" in US history.

The president-elect said Wednesday's insurrection was carried out by domestic terrorists" and accused his predecessor of unleashing an all-out attack" on the country's democratic institutions