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US Capitol riots: Trump grudgingly concedes; Democrats threaten impeachment

The prospect of Trump's tenure in its last days appeared remote

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While he did not give up his false claims of election fraud, he finally conceded defeat

Peter Baker & Maggie Haberman | NYT Washington DC
US President Trump’s administration plunged deeper into crisis as more officials resigned in protest, prominent Republicans broke with him and Democratic congressional leaders threatened to impeach him for encouraging a mob that stormed the Capitol on Wednesday.
 
What was already shaping up as a volatile final stretch to the Trump presidency took on an air of national emergency as the White House emptied out and some Republicans joined Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a cascade of Democrats calling for Trump to be removed from office without waiting the 13 days until the inauguration of President-elect Joseph R Biden Jr.