She announced this on her Twitter page.

“I am starting to prepare articles for the announcement of impeachment.

Donald Trump is to be dismissed by the House of Representatives and expelled from office by the US Senate.

We cannot allow him to remain in office, it is a matter of preserving our republic, and we must fulfill our oath, ”the congresswoman wrote.

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.

- Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) January 6, 2021

Earlier in Washington, Trump supporters protesting the presidential election results broke into the Capitol and surrounded the Senate Hall. 

According to the latest data, demonstrators have already been ousted from the Senate wing of the Capitol.

At the same time, Trump himself called on protesters in Washington to go home.

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