Office . That would be at minimum a viable offense and in some corners a threat to the very republic itself. Citing anonymous sources, the New York Times reports that in the spring of 2017, Deputy Attorney general Rob Rosenstein complemented recording the president in effort to prove his unfitness for office, and discuss recruiting cabinet officers to invoke the 25th that they meant to remove President Trump from office. Suggestions that rosenstein might be kidding, but times confirmed that he was serious and followed up by suggesting other fbi officials could secretly record mr. Trump. In a terse statement, rosenstein denied the allegations, calling it factually incorrect. No basis to invoke the 25th amendment. Section four of the 25th amendment of the constitution spells out in detail the process by which a president could be removed from office. Its multilayered and would require congressional action. The timing of the alleged comment by rosenstein is relevant according to the times