DeVos resigned on Jan. 7, a day after pro-Trump rebels stormed the Capitol. Before leaving, she told USA Today in a new interview Thursday that she had investigated whether using the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office was a viable option before leaving the administration.
She said Pence had told her he would not support the use of the 25th Amendment and that his support would be needed for such an effort to be successful.
“I talked to the vice president and I just told him I was there to do what he wanted and he needed me to do or help, and he made it very clear that he was not going in that direction or this time.” DeVos told USA Today. “I talked to colleagues. I wanted to understand the law better and see if it is applicable in this case. There were more than a few people who had these conversations internally. ”
DeVos said she ultimately decided that using the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office would almost certainly not be a viable option, and resigned later that day.
DeVos did not immediately respond to a request for comment from CNN.
The remarkable recognition comes after the House of Representatives election commission investigating Jan. 6 is due to hold its first public hearing in prime time on Thursday, when it will try to prove that Trump was at the center of a conspiracy to cancel the election in 2020 – Transfer of power to President Joe Biden. Trump’s campaign to pressure Pence to help overturn the election result and testify about his apparent lack of concern for the safety of his then-vice president as violence unfolded on January 6, 2021, proved to be key areas of focus. in the probe.
In an interview with USA Today, DeVos stopped blaming Trump directly for the violence, but said he could have done more to stop it.
When I saw what was happening on January 6 and did not see how the president intervened and did what he could to bring him back, slow him down or really deal with the situation, it was just obvious to me that I could not keep going, “she said in an interview.
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