Posted on 02/16/2019 9:56:40 PM PST by bitt
Former top FBI lawyer James Baker, in closed-door testimony to Congress, detailed alleged discussions among senior officials at the Justice Department about invoking the 25th Amendment to remove President Trump from office, claiming he was told Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said two Trump Cabinet officials were ready to support such an effort.
The testimony was delivered last fall to the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees. Fox News has confirmed portions of the transcript. It provides additional insight into discussions that have returned to the spotlight in Washington as fired FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe revisits the matter during interviews promoting his forthcoming book.
Baker did not identify the two Cabinet officials. But in his testimony, the lawyer said McCabe and FBI lawyer Lisa Page came to him to relay their conversations with Rosenstein, including discussions of the 25th Amendment.
I was being told by some combination of Andy McCabe and Lisa Page, that, in a conversation with the Deputy Attorney General, he had stated that he -- this was what was related to me -- that he had at least two members of the presidents Cabinet who were ready to support, I guess you would call it, an action under the 25th Amendment, Baker told the committees.
The 25th Amendment provides a mechanism for removing a sitting president from office. One way that could happen is if a majority of the presidents Cabinet says the president is incapable of discharging his duties.
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Pre-K is is a weasel too and was a member of Trumps cabinet.
Tomorrow’s News Today: “James Baker Walks Back Claims about 25th Amendment”
Id bet you could find two there now. Never-Trumpers are like germs theyre all over.
Well, I hope (assuming the story to be true) that the two are among those who have already been fired.
And that they will be kept away from any of the halls of power forevermore.
And that eventually they will be known to the public and live in disgrace for the rest of their lives.
And would it be too much to hope that they will be caught in some actual crimes and see some serious prison time?
my guess: Tillerson and McMaster
Tillerson and McMaster?
..I’m going to guess Tillerson for one of them...
Sessions and Tillerson
The Turtle s wife, Elaine Chao, Sec Transportation. Family is Chinese and probably told her to take Trump out. Family build ships and makes big dollars. Chai gets my vote.
As usual, EXCELLENT investigative reporting from Catherine Herrige!!
fired/forced out
> Baker did not identify the two Cabinet officials <
Thus making the whole article worthless speculation at best, and an outright lie at worst.
And on a related note, my sources within the NFL tell me that two Patriot players are plotting to have Coach Belichick replaced by Jussie Smollett. I am not free to identify those two players.
I am not surprised.
So Baker said, that Rosenstein said, that two cabinet members said...
That's pretty thin hearsay evidence.
And yet we have people on this thread who are posting like they believe as fact, that two cabinet members were ready to invoke the 25th.
Geez.
And once again, where the f*** was Jeff Sessions during all this?
The Keebler Elf was a deep-state plant, a compromise candidate, and certainly not Trump’s first, second, or third choice for AG. His flimsy, BS recusal allowed all this to go forward. Sessions knew exactly what he was doing.
Well, if he (Baker)’s lying, he’s perjured himself.
I would nominate Jeff Sessions.
How do you know when the media is biased and pushing a knowingly false (fake) narrative?
Disinformation campaign designed to buy them more time by attempting to con enough people in order to remove the duly elected POTUS in order to save themselves from prosecution.
Enemy of the People.
But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.” - 2 Thessalonians 3:3
“God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.” - Psalm 46:1
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.” - Matthew 6:13
Buckle up!
Steven Mnuchin /Treasury Secretary
James N. Mattis /Defense Secretary
Jeff Sessions/ Attorney General
Ryan Zinke /Interior Secretary
Sonny Perdue /Agriculture Secretary
Wilbur Ross/ Commerce Secretary
R. Alexander Acosta /Labor Secretary
Tom Price/Health and Human Services Secretary
Ben Carson/Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Elaine L. Chao/Transportation Secretary
Rick Perry/ Energy Secretary
Betsy DeVos/Education Secretary
David J. Shulkin/Secretary of Veterans Affairs
John F. Kelly/Homeland Security Secretary
Mike Pompeo/C.I.A. Director
Nikki R. Haley/U.N. Ambassador
Scott Pruitt/E.P.A. Administrator
Linda McMahon/Small Business Administration
Mick Mulvaney/Director of the Office of Management and Budget
Dan Coats/Director of National Intelligence
Robert Lighthizer/U.S. Trade Representative
Kevin Hassett/Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers
Reince Priebus/White House Chief of Staff
Stephen K. Bannon/Chief Strategist
Jared Kushner/ Senior adviser to the president
H.R. McMaster/National Security Adviser
Thomas P. Bossert/ Homeland Security Adviser
Kellyanne Conway/Counselor
Carl Icahn/Special Adviser on Regulatory Reform
Donald F. McGahn II/White House Counsel
Peter Navarro/Director of Trade and Industrial Policy
Sean Spicer/Press Secretary and Special Assistant to the President
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