25thamendment
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin considered invoking the 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution to remove ex-President Donald Trump from office following the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol, according to excerpts from ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl‘s new book, Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show, that was published on Tuesday. Section 4 of the 25th Amendment lays out the framework for the expulsion of a president by his or her Cabinet. It states: Whenever the Vice President and a majority of e...
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Washington (AFP) - US Vice President Mike Pence told House leaders Tuesday he does not support invoking the 25th Amendment process to remove Donald Trump, all but guaranteeing an impeachment vote against the besieged president. "With just eight days left in the President's term, you and the Democratic Caucus are demanding that the Cabinet and I invoke the 25th Amendment," Pence wrote to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, referring to the process that would declare Trump unable to fulfill his duties and install Pence as acting president for the remainder of the term. "I do not believe that such a cour...
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On Tuesday, President Donald Trump defended the remarks he made last week that helped provoke a mob of his supporters to violently storm the U.S. Capitol. These remarks came hours before the House was preparing to vote on a resolution calling on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office due to incapacity. Pence is unlikely to remove Trump from office, stating he is waiting to run our the clock, so he can make it to January 20 “in one piece.” When asked if he held any “personal responsibility” over the riot at the Capitol, Trump replied, “If you read my ...
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In the wake of the deadly riots at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, lawmakers and world leaders have denounced the violence as well as President Donald Trump’s incitement of the mob. The Washington Post’s editorial board joined the chorus on Thursday. “He should be removed,” the paper wrote. “Refusal to accept his election defeat and his relentless incitement of his supporters led Wednesday to the unthinkable: an assault on the U.S. Capitol by a violent mob that overwhelmed police and drove Congress from its chambers as it was debating the counting of electoral votes. Responsibility for this act of...
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In a heated statement on MSNBC, host Joe Scarborough said that if President Donald Trump and his allies who incited Wednesday’s riots at the U.S. Capitol are not arrested, “we are no longer a nation of laws.” Scarborough pointed out the glaringly weak response from Capitol police during Wednesday’s riots saying, “If these insurrectionists were black, they would have been shot in the face. And my god, if these insurrectionists were Muslim they would have been sniped from the top of buildings.” Scarborough continued, “Is it just white people? Or is it Donald Trump supporters?” He then turned att...
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Vice President Mike Pence has indicated his opposition to the growing call to enact the 25th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution which would immediately remove President Donald Trump from office due to incapacity. A bipartisan group of senators, members of the House and governors have publicly called on Pence to remove Trump because of his involvement in Wednesday’s storming of the Capitol building by his supporters. According to The New York Times, an undisclosed source close to the vice president said that Pence is fully opposed to enacting the amendment. Pence and his team have not official...
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In an official statement, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) called for the removal from office of President Donald Trump. “What happened at the U.S. Capitol yesterday was an insurrection against the United States, incited by the president,” Schumer said. “This president should not hold office one day longer.” Schumer is now one of several lawmakers who believe that under the 25th Amendment of the U.S. constitution that Trump should be removed from office. The 25th Amendment says that a president “is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office” should be removed an...
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The National Association of Manufacturers called on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th amendment and remove President Donald Trump from office after the violent pro-Trump protest in D.C. Wednesday. The group, which represents a typically more Republican demographic, told Pence “to seriously consider working with the Cabinet to invoke the 25th amendment,” calling Trump’s incision of violence “sedition.” “This is not the vision of America that manufacturers believe in and work so hard to defend,” the group said in a statement, referring to the protesting of a legitimate presidential el...
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