THIRTEEN DAYS … Congress is gone until just before JOE BIDEN'S inauguration, but seething anger among House and Senate leaders at President DONALD TRUMP for fomenting the deadly riots inside the Capitol could rewrite the last chapter of his presidency. House Democrats woke up this morning (if they ever slept after the marathon session that affirmed Biden's victory) concerned with containing, if not removing, Trump during his final days in power. And they may have a real moment: Many Republicans are just as angry, with one openly calling for sidelining Trump before he has a chance to pose even greater danger to the transition of power. Democrats insist there's a growing group of other Republicans who have privately indicated support. Trump's 4 a.m. statement promising it will be "orderly" doesn't appear to be changing any minds. TO THAT END, soon-to-be-Majority-Leader CHUCK SCHUMER called for Trump's immediate removal from office, urging VP MIKE PENCE to initiate the 25th Amendment process to declare the president unable to fulfill his duties. "If the Vice President and the Cabinet refuse to stand up, Congress should reconvene to impeach the president," he said. We hear these calls are reaching a fever pitch in the House Democratic Caucus as well, with some demanding the return of Congress to address this immediately. In fact, Rep. ILHAN OMAR (D-Minn.), joined by a slew of Democratic colleagues, plans to introduce a privileged resolution to impeach Trump for his role in the riots as well as his pressure campaign against Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger just days ago. Under that maneuver, a single member can force a vote on the floor. The precise timing is uncertain. House leaders' position, at the moment, is unclear. All eyes are on Speaker NANCY PELOSI, who will speak to reporters at 1:30 p.m. Would she really bless a second Trump impeachment — 13 days before he leaves office — after turning the page on the last one so quickly? THE TERROR in the Capitol on Wednesday drew instant comparisons from those inside to some of the most harrowing moments in American history. Schumer compared it to the attack on Pearl Harbor, a "day that will live in infamy." His GOP counterpart, Majority Leader MITCH MCCONNELL, called it an insurrection — the likes of which, other lawmakers noted, had not been seen on Capitol Hill since the British burned the place in 1814. PELOSI said she hoped the bipartisan concern about the hell unleashed Wednesday would spark an "epiphany" for the country to heal its divisions. In the moment, many Republicans and Democrats shared her sentiment. The question, as always, is how long can it last? In Washington, time tends to reopen all wounds. After the shooting that nearly killed Rep. STEVE SCALISE (R-La.) in 2017 — at the hands of a gunman who espoused anti-Republican views — it took days before the episode became a talking point in the typical partisan warfare. On Wednesday night, we witnessed some Republicans attempt to pin the violence on left-wing infiltrators. It doesn't bode well. HOW WEIRD DID IT FEEL that there was not even the possibility of a Twitter tirade from the president Wednesday night after Biden's presidency was affirmed and a slew of prominent Republicans had rebuked him? New statement at 12:04 p.m. from acting A.G. JEFFREY ROSEN: "Yesterday, our Nation watched in disbelief as a mob breached the Capitol Building and required federal and local law enforcement to help restore order. The Department of Justice is committed to ensuring that those responsible for this attack on our Government and the rule of law face the full consequences of their actions under the law. "Our criminal prosecutors have been working throughout the evening with special agents and investigators from the U.S. Capitol Police, FBI, ATF, Metropolitan Police Department and the public to gather the evidence, identify perpetrators, and charge federal crimes where warranted. 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." D.C. Mayor MURIEL BOWSER said this morning that the episode was "textbook terrorism." More than 6,200 National Guardsmen will be in Washington by the weekend, she said. And she ended with this unnerving thought about the threat of violence: "It may not end on the 20th." (h/t Josh Gerstein) A LAWMAKER'S VIEW: Rep. JOE NEGUSE (D-Colo.) was on the House floor when chaos broke out. In fact, he was one of Pelosi's point people on the strategy for countering GOP objections to Biden's win. He told Playbook that it didn't dawn on anyone on the House floor just how dire the security situation was until his wife sent him a text "that they were in Statuary Hall." Then he heard the shouting inching closer to the House chamber, and security officials informed them tear gas had been deployed just outside: "Once we heard the banging on the doors outside of the House chamber on the House floor, it was abundantly clear." "I texted my wife. I told her I loved her very much, I love my daughter Natalie very much, to tell my parents I was fine and that everything was OK," Neguse recounted. Did he believe he was fine? "I wasn't sure. It felt like the right thing to say." Neguse said the image that will stick with him of the day's horror was watching Arizona Democrat "RUBEN GALLEGO, who is a friend, who was literally going person to person trying to explain to everyone how to use their tear gas masks." "You're at the seat of the government of the most powerful country the world has ever known. You don't imagine that insurrectionists are going to breach that chamber." BURGESS EVERETT and HEATHER CAYGLE: Repercussions for the Capitol Police are coming. | 
