Nancy Pelosi accuses MAGA mob that stormed US Capitol of 'choosing their whiteness over democracy' as she vows to hold Trump accountable for 'instigating' the riot

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has accused the MAGA mob who laid siege to the US Capitol Building earlier this week of choosing ‘their whiteness over democracy.’

The California Democrat used an online video meeting Saturday with her hometown San Francisco constituents to criticize the overwhelmingly white mob that attacked Congress on Wednesday as it met to formally finalize Joe Biden’s presidential victory over Trump.

‘It has been an epiphany for the world to see that there are people in our country led by this president, for the moment, who have chosen their whiteness over democracy,’ Pelosi said.

Pelosi has set the House on course to potentially vote on a new impeachment of Trump as early as this coming week, a move that has overwhelming support from Democrats.

She shed no new light Saturday on whether she’s made a final decision on impeachment or any other details.

But the House Speaker did add: ‘The complicity, not only the complicity, the instigation of the president of United States, must and will be addressed.’

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has accused the MAGA mob that laid siege to the US Capitol Building earlier this week of choosing ‘their whiteness over democracy'

The unprecedented raid came following encouragement from Donald Trump, who, at a rally beforehand, urged the crowd to descend on the Capitol while Congress was certifying the results of the 2020 election

During Wednesday’s riot, Pelosi saw her office ransacked by Trump-supporting protesters amid the demonstration after hundreds breezed past Capitol police and caused chaos inside the legislature’s walls.

Numerous protesters posed mockingly for selfies at the lawmaker’s desk. A mirror was smashed, her desk was rummaged through and her nameplate was also destroyed. One demonstrator also appeared to steal some of her mail.

On Saturday, representatives for Pelosi revealed a laptop of hers was stolen as well.

Drew Hammill, an aide to Democrat Pelosi, said on Twitter that the laptop belonged to a conference room and was used for presentations. He declined to offer further details.

The theft of electronic devices from congressional offices has been a persistent worry since the Capitol invasion.

The unprecedented raid came following encouragement from Donald Trump, who, at a rally beforehand, urged the crowd to descend on the Capitol while Congress was certifying the results of the 2020 election. 

In total, five people died, including one police officer, and more than 50 people were arrested. A number of demonstrators have been arrested around the country by federal authorities in the days since.

In total, five people died, including one police officer, and more than 50 people were arrested 

Pelosi saw her office ransacked by Trump-supporting protesters amid the demonstration

One demonstrator also appeared to steal some of her mail, and was later pictured outside the Capitol holding a letter of hers

A mirror was smashed, her desk was rummaged through and her nameplate was also destroyed

Senator Jeff Merkley, a Democrat, said on Twitter that a laptop was taken from his office during the riot.

On Thursday, Acting U.S. Attorney Michael Sherwin said that some of the thefts might have potentially jeopardized what he described as ‘national security equities.’

‘We just don’t know the extent of that damage at this point,’ he said.

In addition to posing inside Pelosi’s office, demonstrators also posed photographs of themselves using congressional phones and other devices.

One reporter with the right-wing outlet Blaze posted a photograph of what purported to be a computer from Pelosi’s office with emails ‘still on the screen.’

What else might have been taken during the chaos is not yet known. Some information technology experts worry that intruders may have planted malicious software on computers, although it’s not clear that devices were the focus of any particular attention.

Pelosi is among one of several senior lawmakers leading the charge against Trump, threatening to impeach him for a second time if Vice President Mike Pence fails to use the 25th Amendment to remove the outgoing president from office.

Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) also urged Pence Thursday to declare Trump unfit for office.

Pence has reportedly refused to take either Pelosi’s or Schumer’s calls and is still yet to speak publicly since Wednesday’s events.

Despite Pence's silence, the Vice President is keeping the move to invoke the 25th Amendment very much on the table for if or when Trump becomes more unstable in the days leading up to President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, a source told CNN.

Pelosi is among one of several senior lawmakers leading the charge against Trump, threatening to impeach him for a second time if Vice President Mike Pence fails to use the 25th Amendment

Despite Pence's silence, the Vice President is keeping the move to invoke the 25th Amendment very much on the table 

Riot police push back a crowd of supporters of US President Donald Trump after they stormed the Capitol building

The latest twist in this week's events comes as it was revealed Pence sheltered in a bunker with his family during the Capitol riot and Trump didn't check in on his safety. Demonstrators were heard chanting ‘Hang Mike Pence’.

Having stoked fury among the crowd by falsely telling them Pence had the power to stop the certification of Biden's victory, Trump did not check in on the Vice President during the siege.

'Was he concerned at all that an angry mob that he commanded to march on the Capitol might injure the vice president or his family?' the source said, adding that Pence was forced to take shelter with his wife Karen, daughter Charlotte and his brother Rep. Greg Pence.

CNN’s source said Pence's team is concerned the president could take action that would risk national security if either the Vice President pursues the 25th Amendment or Democrats push forward with their impeachment plans.

Currently, Pence is working to ensure there is a smooth transition to the Biden administration and that the incoming team are best prepared for dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, the outlet reported.