A Republican legal expert posits the possibility of a Hillary Clinton presidency after the 2018 midterms and before the end of the Trump first term as president. How realistic is this? Here it goes.
It is becoming very clear as the Russia investigation continues, that President Trump is an illegitimate president. Even more disturbing is that the rot surrounds the president, vice president inclusive.
As reported by Bill Palmer of the Palmer Report,
Despite a whole lot of wishful thinking, various legal experts have confirmed that there is nothing in the Constitution that would allow the election result to be “nullified” under any circumstances. However, a respected legal expert – and a Republican no less – is proposing a different method for installing Hillary into her rightfully elected role as U.S. President.
Richard W. Painter is a Law Professor at the University of Minnesota and the former chief White House ethics lawyer for the George W. Bush administration. More recently he’s become a leading voice in exposing Donald Trump’s crimes in office, even while staunchly remaining a Republican. On Wednesday evening, he posted this tweet: “Not sure why Clinton isn’t running for a House seat. Dems could elect her Speaker. Then ….. It’s Mueller time.”
Not sure why Clinton isn’t running for a House seat. Dems could elect her Speaker. Then …..
— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) November 23, 2017
It’s Mueller time …
— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) November 23, 2017
It is clear what Painter was implying as stated by Palmer.
Painter didn’t flesh out his thoughts any further, but it’s clear where he’s going with this. If Hillary Clinton is elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2018, and if the Democrats win the majority in the House in that same election cycle, and if the Democrats then elect Hillary as Speaker of the House, and if Robert Mueller’s investigation provides enough evidence for Donald Trump and Mike Pence to be impeached and simultaneously removed, Hillary Clinton would in fact become President of the United States based on the order of succession spelled out in the 25th Amendment.
Of course, this is a long shot. But wasn’t Trump a long shot as well?