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The DOJ Considered Using The 25th Amendment To Remove Trump, Report Says

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At this point, it’s no secret that President Donald Trump doesn’t necessarily have the best relationship with his former government officials. However, this new development might be the most dramatic yet. According to reports, the Department of…
At this point, it’s no secret that President Donald Trump doesn’t necessarily have the best relationship with his former government officials. However, this new development might be the most dramatic yet. According to reports, the Department of Justice (DOJ) considered using the 25th Amendment to remove Trump, which is wild to say the least. Another day, another drama.
On Thursday, Feb. 14, former Deputy Director of the FBI Andrew McCabe shared a piece in The Atlanticdiscussing his time working for Trump, particularly after Trump had disclosed the news to him that he had fired former Director James Comey (McCabe’s boss). Needless to say, this tell-all politics piece was juicy from the beginning, but it was his 60 Minutes interview with Scott Pelley, snippets of which were released the same day, that caught everyone’s attention. According to McCabe, DOJ officials considered using the 25th Amendment in order to remove President Trump from office. The amendment, which also clarifies the succession to the presidency, allows the vice-president and cabinet members to actually remove the president from office if he can’t fulfill his presidential duties for whatever reason (usually death or illness). Elite Daily reached out to the White House and Department of Justice for comment about McCabe’s interview, but did not hear back in time for publication, but in a statement to 60 Minutes,the White House said McCabe was not credible.

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