Steven Mnuchin were among the cabinet secretaries involved in discussions to remove the sitting president,
Donald Trump.
CNBC is reporting both secretaries had “informal conversations within their agencies about the contours of the 25th Amendment, the invocation of which would begin a process to remove Trump from office, according to three sources familiar with the matter.”
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (left) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin listen as President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference in September 2019. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
According to the report, the rationale behind the determination not to start the process is three-fold.