{"id":10797,"date":"2017-05-13T14:25:14","date_gmt":"2017-05-13T20:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=10797"},"modified":"2017-05-28T17:49:09","modified_gmt":"2017-05-28T23:49:09","slug":"congress-holding-secret-conversations-about-removing-trump-from-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/congress-holding-secret-conversations-about-removing-trump-from-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress holding &#8220;secret conversations about removing Trump from office&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/history4.jpg\" data-wp-pid=\"11558\" alt=\"impeach trump\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"7\" \/><b>Independent<\/b> &#8211; Members of the US Congress are holding \u201cprivate conversations\u201d about whether Donald Trump should be removed from office, reports suggest.<\/p>\n<p>After a difficult <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/donald-trump-first-100-days-cartoons-us-president-white-house-a7707396.html\">first 100 days<\/a> that have seen the US President mired in a string of scandals and mishaps, senators and congressmen are said to be considering whether he will last a full term.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2017\/05\/08\/how-trump-could-get-fired\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">The New Yorker<\/a><\/em> this week published a lengthy analysis of the two ways the Republican\u00a0could be removed from office: either through impeachment by Congress or via the 25th Amendment to the US Constitution, which allows for a president to be removed if he is considered to be mentally unfit.<\/p>\n<p>Evan Osnos, the author of the article, said he had been told that members of Congress were already holding conversations on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a conversation that people are having around the dinner table, it\u2019s one people have at the office, members of Congress are talking about it in private and the question is very simple: is this a president who is able to do the job and is able to go the distance?\u201d\u00a0he told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/the-last-word\/watch\/-how-donald-trump-could-get-fired-the-25th-amendment-935111235525\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">MSNBC\u2019s The Last Word<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a president who is beset by doubts of a completely different order of any president we\u2019ve seen as long as we\u2019ve been looking at this question.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe truth is that there are people having an active conversation about whether or not he\u2019ll last.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Osnos also claimed Mr Trump could cause a \u201cconstitutional crisis\u201d if he chooses not to co-operate with congressional <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/donald-trump-james-comey-attack-testify-fbi-director-russia-links-investigation-senate-congress-a7714976.html\">investigations into his alleged links with Russia<\/a> \u2013 something he said some members of Congress expect to happen.<\/p>\n<p>William Kristol, who worked as chief of staff to Vice President Dan Quayle under the presidency of George H\u00a0W\u00a0Bush, told the magazine there was a reasonable change of Mr Trump being removed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 140%; font-weight: 500;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/donald-trump-impeachment-remove-office-secret-meetings-congress-members-a7716326.html\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Independent &#8211; Members of the US Congress are holding \u201cprivate conversations\u201d about whether Donald Trump should be removed from office, reports suggest. 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