IN NEWS 10 years later USA TODAY Gabby Giffords reflects on life since shooting. 6A THE NATION'S NEWS | $2 | WEEKEND | JANUARY 8-10, 2021 E3 SPECIAL 6-PAGE NEWS SECTION INSIDE ‘Betrayal of his office’ Pelosi, others call for DOT secretary resigns, Barr issues a scathing using 25th Amendment allies desert president criticism of former boss Not long after President Trump addressed supporters near the White House on Wednesday, thousands marched to the Capitol. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES IN NEWS How Trump is likely to For first time, Trump acknowledges loss survive to end of term John Bacon set to leave office. But the New York Forcing out the president so close to and Courtney Subramanian Times reported Thursday evening that “What happened at the U.S. Capitol his exit may not be realistic. 5D USA TODAY Pence opposes the use of the 25th yesterday was an insurrection. ... Amendment. A rattled Congress WASHINGTON – A growing num- This president should not hold office “I join the Senate Democratic leader one day longer.” affirms Biden’s win ber of Democratic and Republican in calling on the vice president to re- lawmakers are calling for the removal Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. move this president by immediately in- The joint session, resumed after the of President Donald Trump a day af- voking the 25th amendment,” Pelosi riot, announced results overnight. 3A ter rioters rampaged through the may be prepared to impeach Trump if said. “If the vice president and Cabinet Capitol, forced their way into a rare the vice president did not immediately do not act, the Congress may be pre- joint session of Congress and left a invoke the 25th Amendment, which pared to move forward with impeach- Antifa? Closer look at trail of destruction in their wake. would remove Trump and put Vice ment.” who rioted at Capitol Democratic House Speaker Nancy President Mike Pence in power, with Pelosi said Thursday that Congress just two weeks before the president is See REMOVAL, Page 2A USA TODAY is identifying people seen breaking into the building. 5A Backstory: What we witnessed on the Mall Police chief USA TODAY’s journalists describe the death threats, damage, anger. 4A blasted for INSIDE,INNSIDE, SECTIONSECTION D breakdown What happened in DC? ATTACK ON CAPITOL How a Trump USA TODAY | FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2021 | SECTION D mob stormed the Capitol. 6D A reminder of darker times of security Kevin Johnson, Tom Vanden Brook and Kristine Phillips USA TODAY At least one lawmaker wondered, “Is this America?” when supporters of President Trump burst into the Capitol. ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES Among the most striking images of law enforcement futility, on a day when chaos convulsed the U.S. Capi- A supporter of President Donald Trump carries a Confederate flag into the U.S. Capitol Wednesday in Washington, D.C. SAUL LOEB/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES tol, was of a lone, shirt-sleeved officer Confederate flag carriers send racist message, ANALYSIS congressman from Mississippi says of rioters President’s Lawmakers feared death in retreat waving a baton at an advanc- virtual coup Javonte Anderson USA TODAY becomes ing mob that had breached the Senate The nation watched in horror as a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday afternoon, swarming po- scary, real lice officers and vandalizing a federal building. Amid the chaos and sea of Breach caps Trump’s war OPINIONAifl dflfPidt side of the building. as Trump mob attacked Flag-waving rioters appeared to Editorial: Invoke the stalk the officer who bounded up one 25th Amendment Marco della Cava Congressman Sean Patrick Malo- stairway after another – with no im- USA TODAY ney, D-N.Y., turned to Rep. Colin Allred, mediate back-up to be found. USA TODAY’s Editorial Board says D-Texas, a 6-foot-1 former linebacker The stunning sight was just one in leaving Trump in office unpunished is WASHINGTON – The thuds and the for the Tennessee Titans, and in a an ugly collage that laid bare a jarring a threat to the country. 7A sounds of shattering glass grew louder scene more reminiscent of 9/11 con- breakdown of security at one of the and more ominous. frontations with terrorist hijackers country’s most iconic institutions, Stuck inside the House of than a day in Congress, asked him if he prompting the abrupt resignation of Representatives and on the Senate was willing to stand and fight. Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund. floor, members of Congress and their “He said, ‘I’m ready to go,’ ” Maloney Sund’s resignation, effective Jan. QIJFAF-05005v(a)L ©COPYRIGHT 2021 USA TODAY, staffs became steadily more alarmed. said. 16, came hours after House Speaker A division of Gannett Co., Inc. Desks were quickly employed as barri- For U.S. lawmakers, Jan. 6 started Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., called for him to HOME DELIVERY cades, buying time for some to escape 1-800-872-0001, USATODAYSERVICE.COM to a more secure location. See ATTACK, Page 2A See POLICE, Page 6A 2A ❚ FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2021 ❚ USA TODAY E3 NEWS “acting alone” in calls for removing For weeks, Trump had urged his sup- Removal Trump but said he “wouldn’t be sur- porters to come to Washington for the prised” if others in his party join him. rally on Wednesday, the day Congress Continued from Page 1A Wednesday’s violence was roundly met to certify the results of the Electoral condemned by former and current ad- College. As the protest turned ugly, Pelosi’s comments came after Demo- ministration officials, members of Con- Trump took to Twitter urging the crowd cratic Leader Chuck Schumer became gress as well as world leaders. The vio- to go home. But he also described the the highest-ranking lawmaker to throw lence led to the deaths of four people mob as “great patriots” who were reac- his support behind invoking the amend- and more than 60 arrests. ting to an election victory “viciously ment to remove Trump. Several media outlets, including The stripped away.” “What happened at the U.S. Capitol Washington Post, NBC and CBS, have The 25th Amendment, ratified in 1967, yesterday was an insurrection against reported that informal and preliminary allows for replacing the president when the United States, incited by the presi- conversations regarding the 25th he or she is disabled or dead. It also for- dent. This president should not hold of- Amendment have been taking place malized a system for the vice president to fice one day longer,” Schumer, D-N.Y., among senior officials. The reports cite permanently take over if the president said in a statement. sources familiar with the conversations dies or resigns. It also gives the president “The quickest and most effective way who requested anonymity because of and Congress shared power to replace – it can be done today – to remove this the sensitivity of the issue. the vice president. president from office would be for the “If the vice president and Cabinet do The upheaval on Capitol Hill also Outside the administration, the idea Vice President to immediately invoke the not act, the Congress may be prepared triggered a string of resignations within has drawn a lot of support. The head of 25th Amendment.” to move forward with impeachment,” the administration, including Chao, the National Association of Manufac- The top Senate Democrat added that Nancy Pelosi declared Thursday. First Lady Melania Trump’s chief of turers said Trump incited the violence if Pence and Trump’s Cabinet refuse to BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES staff Stephanie Grisham, and Deputy in an attempt to retain power and Pence take up the procedure, Congress could National Security Adviser Matthew should consider triggering the amend- again impeach the president, a move al- Pottinger. ment to preserve democracy. ready backed by some Democratic law- home in peace” hours after they laid Mick Mulvaney, Trump’s former act- “This is sedition and should be treat- makers. siege to the Capitol. The president drew ing chief of staff, told CNBC Thursday ed as such,” said Jay Timmons, the Under the 25th Amendment, the vice criticism for praising the rioters for their morning that he would leave his post as group’s president and CEO. president and a majority of the 15 Cab- defiance, saying in a video, “We love the U.S. special envoy to Northern Ire- The head of the left-leaning advoca- inet members could declare the presi- you. You’re very special.” land and said some within the admini- cy group Public Citizen, the head of the dent unable to “discharge the powers Schumer, who is set to become Sen- stration are choosing to stay out of fear NAACP and Vermont Gov. Phil Scott, a and duties of his office.” If the president ate majority leader later this month af- of who might replace them. Republican, all have made similar state- disputes that determination, two-thirds ter Democrats won two Senate runoff “Those who choose to stay, and I have ments. of both the House and the Senate must elections in Georgia earlier this week, talked with some of them, are choosing And some congressional Democrats, vote in favor of keeping Pence in charge joined a chorus of Democratic lawmak- to stay because they’re worried the laying the blame at Trump’s feet for in- as acting president. ers, some outside organizations and president might put someone worse in,” citing the riot, called for his removal In a nearly 3-minute video posted on even a Republican congressman calling Mulvaney said. from office or impeachment for a second Twitter late Thursday, Trump finally ac- for Trump’s removal by the 25th On CNN, former national security ad- time.