Karl Racine says that vice president Mike Pence and the cabinet should invoke the 25th amendment to immediately remove Donald Trump from office.

“Donald Trump needs to be held accountable. He’s unfit for office.,” Mr Racine told MSNBC.

His call for action comes after senate minority leader Chuck Schumer also called for it to be invoked.

Acting attorney general Jeffrey Rosen says that the Justice Department will continue to arrest and charge Trump rioters over the storming of the US Capitol Building.

“Some participants in yesterday’s violence will be charged today, and we will continue to methodically assess evidence, charge crimes and make arrests in the coming days and weeks to ensure that those responsible are held accountable under the law,” said Mr Rosen in a statement.

More than 10,000 people have already signed a petition calling for West Virginia House of Delegates member Derrick Evans to be removed just a month after he was sworn in.

The Republican delegate videoed himself entering the Capitol but has now removed it from his social media accounts.

“We’re in! Keep it moving, baby!” Mr Evans says on the video, according to CBS News.

Now Mr Evans says in a statement that he did not participate in the damaging of any property and that he was “simply there as an independent member of the media to film history.”

An photo of Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran and Democratic congressman for Colorado Jason Crow – whom you might remember as one of his side’s impeachment managers from last year – comforting a fellow lawmaker during yesterday’s siege has gone viral and stands as a commendable example of courage under fire.

Gustaf Kilander has this report.

The president’s publicly available schedule is empty yet again today as a statement released to the press read: “President Trump will work from early in the morning until late in the evening. He will make many calls and have many meetings.” 

Some reports indicated he may present Presidential Medal of Freedom awards to golfers, while others suggested he’d be calling Republican officials throughout the day.

But inside the White House residency, Trump is reportedly irate over his vice president’s failure to intervene in the vote certification – despite Mike Pence not having any way to do so in his mostly symbolic role presiding over the typically mundane procedure.

Chris Riotta has the story.

Ex-CIA chief John Brennan voiced that concerns to the BBC this morning and he is far from alone.

Here’s Jon Sharman’s report.

The president’s attorney general, who shepherded him clear of the Mueller report and signed off on the brutal teargassing of Black Lives Matter protesters in DC last June, has been at odds with Trump since declaring definitely last month that there was just no evidence for his ludicrous “mass voter fraud” nonsense.

He’s now come out and overtly condemned him.

Chris Riotta has the latest.

Oh this is a shame – I was looking forward to his triumphant lockdown sourdough bakes being plastered all over Insta after Biden’s inauguration.

Andrew Griffin has the details.

My story on Ashli Babbit, the Air Force veteran and conspiracy theorist shot and killed by a plainclothes policeman during yesterday’s rampage on Capitol Hill as she and other misguided rioters fought to occupy government offices.

One of her final tweets this week read: “Nothing will stop us….they can try and try and try but the storm is here and it is descending upon DC in less than 24 hours….dark to light!”

Simon Coveney, Ireland’s foreign minister, took direct aim at Donald Trump for the chaos seen on Wednesday.