2 Cabinet members wanted to oust Trump with the 25th Amendment, former FBI counsel says

Donald Trump.
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The 25th Amendment threats were coming from inside the White House.

Since the beginnings of President Trump's term, several reports have suggested a handful of administration officials have looked for ways to oust him. Those conversations often turned to the 25th Amendment — something even two Cabinet officials were apparently onboard with invoking, former FBI general counsel James Baker told members of Congress in a closed-door interview late last year.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.