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'Absolutely Ridiculous' Trump Says of Democrats' Impeachment Effort

Ken Bredemeier

   WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Democratic
   lawmakers' push to impeach him in the last days of his presidency is
   "absolutely ridiculous."
   Speaking to reporters for the first time since thousands of his
   supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol last Wednesday to try to upend his
   defeat for reelection, Trump rejected any contention that he was
   responsible for the mayhem that left five people dead.
   Trump had urged thousands of his supporters at a rally near the White
   House to "fight" against lawmakers certifying that he had lost his
   reelection contest to Democrat Joe Biden. But the president said
   Tuesday, "It's been analyzed, and people thought that what I said was
   totally appropriate."
   Hours after police restored order at the Capitol, lawmakers certified
   the Electoral College vote showing Biden defeated Trump in the November
   election. Biden now will be inaugurated in eight days as the country's
   46th president, ending Trump's four-year term.

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