Somali-American Congresswoman Ilhan Omar is planning to initiate a process of impeaching US President Donald Trump after his supporters stormed the Capitol Building – the seat of the country’s legislature.
Omar tweeted: “I am drawing up Articles of Impeachment.
“Donald J. Trump should be impeached by the House of Representatives & removed from office by the United States Senate.
“We can’t allow him to remain in office, it’s a matter of preserving our Republic and we need to fulfill our oath.”
Hundreds of Mr Trump’s supporters breached security barriers and entered the Capitol after attending his rally on Wednesday.
The US president told his supporters to protest against the certification of President-elect Joe Biden win falsely claiming that there was widespread fraud in the November election.
At least four people were killed with several injured during the violent protest, US media report.
The House of Representatives, where Democrats hold a majority, already voted to impeach Trump in December 2019.
The articles of impeachment then included abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, related to Trump’s push for Ukraine to conduct investigations that could help him in the 2020 election.
Less than two months later, the Republican-controlled Senate voted to acquit him.