Jan. 6 Panel Puts Focus on Cabinet Discussions About Removing Trump

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When Representative Liz Cheney asserted at the House Jan. 6 hearing on Thursday that Trump administration cabinet members weighed invoking the constitutional process to remove President Donald J. Trump from office after the attack on the Capitol by his supporters, she did not immediately provide details or evidence.

But as the federal government convulsed in the hours and days after the deadly riot, a range of cabinet officials weighed their options, and consulted one another about how to steady the administration and ensure a peaceful transition to a new presidency.

Mike Pompeo, the secretary of state at the time, and Steven Mnuchin, then the Treasury secretary, discussed the possibility of invoking the 25th Amendment, which would have required the vice president and the majority of the cabinet to agree that the president could no longer fulfill his duties to begin a complex process of removal from office.

Their discussion was reported by Jonathan Karl of ABC News in his book “Betrayal,” and described to The New York Times by a person briefed on the discussion. Mr. Pompeo has denied the exchange took place, and Mr. Mnuchin has declined to comment.

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1. Mr. Pompeo Has Denied The Exchange Took Place & Mnuchin Has Declined To Comment - Why?.....

What are they afraid of if they commented on this or if the exchange took place?

Are they afraid of TFG? Are they afraid of the Repug voters?

What are they afraid of? Why aren't they willing to talk about this?

I don't get it.

It's just like all the people in the Tr**p Administration that knew he lost. Told him he lost. And then let him go about creating the "Big Lie" and letting him get away with not allowing the peaceful transition of power to proceed.

Why didn't people expose him and stop him? The same with Pompeo and Mnuchin here.

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2. Didn't Betsy DeVos resign over the 25th amemd being off the table?