Remove the president? Pelosi teases ’25th Amendment’ press conference Friday

By Susan Ferrechio

Published October 8, 2020 6:26pm ET

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Remove the president? Pelosi teases ’25th Amendment’ press conference Friday — Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters following escalation of tensions this week between the U.S. and Iran, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The House will vote Thursday on a measure limiting President Donald Trump's ability to take military action against Iran as Democratic criticism of the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general intensified. | AP Photo / J. Scott Applewhite

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters that Democrats will hold a press conference Friday about the 25th Amendment, which outlines the line of succession behind the president.

Pelosi, a California Democrat, didn’t say Democrats plan to talk about how to remove President Trump. Instead, she suggested the event would highlight criticism of the Trump administration’s response to the recent coronavirus outbreak that has spread through the White House.

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