25th Amendment

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DeVos says she talked 25th Amendment, resigned after Trump ... (The Hill)

Former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos says that the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was the final straw for her in standing by former President ...

House We invite you to join the discussion on Facebook and Twitter. Before she took on the role of Education secretary, DeVos had been a major donor to Republican campaigns. DeVos also said that she was shocked when Trump turned against then-Vice President Mike Pence for remaining committed to certifying the election results. The interview comes ahead of the first prime-time hearing Thursday evening for the House select committee investigating Jan. 6. “And then when I saw what was happening on Jan. 6 and didn’t see the president step in and do what he could have done to turn it back or slow it down or really address the situation, it was just obvious to me that I couldn’t continue,” she said.

Betsy DeVos says 25th Amendment discussed by Trump Cabinet ... (Washington Examiner)

After rioters stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, there was some chatter within the Cabinet about invoking the 25th Amendment against the president, according to ...

Trump held a rally at the White House ellipse on the morning of Jan. 6 and railed against the 2020 election results. DeVos served as the secretary of education from 2017 to 2021 and is set to release a book describing parts of her tenure June 21. "I spoke with the vice president and just let him know I was there to do whatever he wanted and needed me to do or help with, and he made it very clear that he was not going to go in that direction or that path," DeVos told USA Today. "I spoke with colleagues.

Former Trump Education Secretary DeVos says she had 25th ... (CNN)

Betsy DeVos, who served as former President Donald Trump's secretary of education, is acknowledging publicly for the first time that she discussed the ...

"I spoke with the vice president and just let him know I was there to do whatever he wanted and needed me to do or help with, and he made it very clear that he was not going to go in that direction or that path," DeVos told USA Today. "I spoke with colleagues. I wanted to get a better understanding of the law itself and see if it was applicable in this case. "When I saw what was happening on Jan. 6 and didn't see the president step in and do what he could have done to turn it back or slow it down or really address the situation, it was just obvious to me that I couldn't continue," she said in the interview.

Betsy DeVos talked 25th Amendment after Trump "crossed line" on ... (Axios)

DeVos said Trump's inaction on Jan. 6 made it clear she couldn't continue in her role as Education Secretary.

It was about the values and image of the United States. It was about public service rising above self. What she's saying: Trump's obsession with the results of the 2020 election mean that his "mind was elsewhere" and that "most of the staff in the White House was trying to respond and react and deal with that," DeVos said in the interview. It wasn’t about the election results. - DeVos told USA Today that in the aftermath of the Capitol riot she spoke to former Vice President Mike Pence and other colleagues about the possibility of invoking the25th Amendmentto remove Trump from office, but that Pence "made it very clear that he was not going to go in that direction." The president had lost sight of that," she wrote in the book, per USA Today. Former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos spoke about her decision to resign from the Trump administration after the Capitol riots in an interview with USA Today, saying the events of Jan. 6 made it "obvious" to her she couldn't continue in her role.

Betsy DeVos says she resigned after Pence refused 25th Amendment (Business Insider)

Trump's former education secretary confirmed that she spoke with Pence and Cabinet officials after the Capitol riot about invoking the 25th Amendment.

The former education secretary was among a slew of Trump administration officials who resigned in the aftermath of the Capitol riot. The House select committee investigating January 6 will hold six public hearings this month to share its findings after a yearlong inquiry. The book discusses the education system in the US and highlights DeVos' time working for Trump in his one term up until her resignation. The president had lost sight of that," she writes, according to USA Today. But after Pence opposed such efforts, DeVos decided to leave the Trump administration that same day, Jacques reported. There were more than a few people who had those conversations internally," she added, corroborating reports at the time that Cabinet members were having discussions about invoking the 25th Amendment.

DeVos says she had 25th Amendment discussions with Mike Pence ... (KSL.com)

Betsy DeVos, who served as former President Donald Trump's secretary of education says she discussed the possibility of invoking the 25th Amendment with ...