Nancy Pelosi has announced that the House will invoke the 25th amendment, which gives Congress power to evaluate the health and stability of US presidents in conducting the duties of their office.
Although the amendment enables the House Speaker to create a commission to review the president’s fitness for office, the House of Representatives would not be able to remove Donald Trump from office without the agreement of the vice-president, Mike Pence, and members of the cabinet.
Pelosi insisted the proposed commission was not about Trump, but said of the president: ‘He is under medication. Any of us who is under medication of that seriousness is in an altered state.’
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Source: US Politics - theguardian.com
