Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.): 25th Amendment talks don't reflect 'some deep state conspiracy'
Senate Dem: 25th Amendment talks don't reflect 'some deep state conspiracy'
BY BRETT SAMUELS - 02/17/19 10:31 AM EST
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) said Sunday that former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe's comments that Justice Department officials raised a plan to potentially remove President Trump from office deserve scrutiny, but rejected the remarks as evidence of a "deep state conspiracy."
"It is alarming that there were apparently folks at the highest levels of our government considering whether or not our president is unfit to serve," Coons said on CBS's "Face the Nation."
"I don't think that this, frankly, rises to the level of some deep state conspiracy or a serious attempt at what Senator [Lindsey] Graham [R-S.C.] called an administrative coup," he continued. "I suspect that once this is fully discussed, it'll be clearer that this was a brief or passing conversation that's been taken out of context. But it does deserve scrutiny."
Coons, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, emphasized the need to allow special counsel Robert Mueller to complete his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, adding that it would be appropriate to seek more information on what sparked to the start of that probe.
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