House Democrats to Begin Efforts Seeking to Remove Trump From Office

House Democrats were set to begin efforts to remove President Trump from office during the last full week of his presidency following the riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Democrats on Monday will first introduce a resolution calling for Vice President Mike Pence to use the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to remove Mr. Trump from office, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) said in a letter to her caucus.

The House, which was set to be in recess this week, will attempt to pass the resolution by unanimous consent, which can be blocked if any one lawmaker objects. If the resolution fails to pass by unanimous consent, Mrs. Pelosi will reconvene the full House for a vote. If the resolution is approved and Mr. Pence doesn’t act to remove Mr. Trump from office within 24 hours, the House will proceed to impeachment.

With just nine days left in Mr. Trump’s presidency, many lawmakers say it’s imperative that they press ahead with efforts to remove the president for encouraging a mob that last Wednesday scaled the walls of the U.S. Capitol and stormed the building, interrupting a joint session of Congress in a riot that left five people dead.

“What this president did was unconscionable, and he needs to be held accountable,” said House Rules Committee Chairman Jim McGovern (D., Mass.) on CNN on Monday. “I expect that he will be impeached.”

Mr. Pence isn’t expected to move forward with a 25th Amendment process, people familiar with his thinking said. The 25th Amendment, ratified in 1967, lays out the details of presidential succession in the event that a president dies or becomes ill. One section of the amendment allows for the vice president to take over the president’s duties if the vice president and the majority of the cabinet determine that the president “is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.”