{"id":14303,"date":"2017-05-21T10:20:15","date_gmt":"2017-05-21T16:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=14303"},"modified":"2021-05-20T19:40:48","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T01:40:48","slug":"sources-white-house-lawyers-research-impeachment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/sources-white-house-lawyers-research-impeachment\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources: White House lawyers research impeachment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-11571\" src=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/impeach5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"459\" height=\"258\" data-wp-pid=\"11571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/impeach5.jpg 615w, https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/impeach5-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/impeach5-800x449.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 459px) 100vw, 459px\" \/><b>CNN<\/b> &#8211; White House lawyers have begun researching impeachment procedures in an effort to prepare for what officials still believe is a distant possibility that President Donald Trump could have to fend off attempts to remove him from office, two people briefed on the discussions tell CNN.<\/p>\n<p>White House officials believe the President has the backing of Republican allies in Congress and that impeachment is not in the cards, according to the people briefed on the legal discussions. Even Democrats have tried to calm impeachment talk out of concern it is premature.<\/p>\n<p>But lawyers in the White House counsel&#8217;s office have consulted experts in impeachment during the past week and have begun collecting information on how such proceedings would work, a person briefed on the matter told CNN.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 140%; font-weight: 500;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/05\/19\/politics\/donald-trump-white-house-lawyers-research-impeachment\/index.html\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14021\" src=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Whisper_Impeach_Ad-2.png\" alt=\"How to impeach a president\" width=\"854\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Whisper_Impeach_Ad-2.png 854w, https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Whisper_Impeach_Ad-2-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Whisper_Impeach_Ad-2-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Whisper_Impeach_Ad-2-800x533.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 140%; font-weight: 500;\">Citizen led Trump impeachment method. The Rules of the House of Representatives stipulate citizens can initiate impeachment. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN &#8211; White House lawyers have begun researching impeachment procedures in an effort to prepare for what officials still believe is a distant possibility that President Donald Trump could have to fend off attempts to remove him from office, two people briefed on the discussions tell CNN. White House officials believe the President has the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":11571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[125,124,76,123,107,127,126,106,105,77],"class_list":["post-14303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-impeachment-news","tag-calltoaction","tag-dumptrump","tag-impeach","tag-impeachtrump","tag-muslimban","tag-nofascistusa","tag-potus","tag-resist","tag-theresistance","tag-trump"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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