Speaker Johnson pressed to investigate whether President Biden was pressured by Democrats to step aside with 25th Amendment threat

House Speaker Mike Johnson is being pressured to analyse whether Democrats threatened to remove Joe Biden from agency nether the 25th Amendment if he didn't exit nan 2024 race.

The 25th Amendment, which outlines statesmanlike succession should nan commander-in-chief beryllium incapable of fulfilling his duties, has ne'er been utilized before. 

But arsenic concerns complete nan president's expertise and intelligence authorities continue, Republicans person floated utilizing nan never-before-seen measurement to boot Biden from nan Oval Office. 

Earlier this week, Johnson revealed he was mulling whether to bring a 25th Amendment solution to nan level to coerce Harris into forcing retired Biden.

However, Trump said retired against nan maneuver saying Harris would beryllium 'worse' than Biden, which whitethorn beryllium capable to termination immoderate momentum down nan resolution.

Now, nan blimpish group American Accountability Foundation (AAF) is demanding Johnson analyse whether Democrats strong-armed Biden to driblet his statesmanlike bid utilizing nan 25th Amendment. 

'I americium penning coming to petition that you instantly complaint nan Committee connected nan Judiciary and nan Committee connected Oversight and Accountability to analyse reliable claims that Vice President Harris whitethorn person extorted President Biden nether nan threat of invocation of nan twenty-fifth amendment to nan Constitution to extremity his candidacy for nan Presidency,' AAF President Thomas Jones wrote to Johnson. 

'There person been aggregate reports that leaders successful nan Democrat party, up to and including nan Vice President, utilized nan threat of invoking nan provisions of nan twenty-fifth amendment to unit President Biden to extremity his campaign.'

Jones argues successful nan statement that location could beryllium grounds that Harris extorted Biden to relinquish his quest to beryllium nan Democratic statesmanlike nominee. 

'As nan plain connection makes clear, nan way to removing President Biden from agency nether nan twenty-fifth amendment runs intelligibly done nan Office of nan Vice President and done nan President’s cabinet.'

'Put simply, if Vice President Harris were capable to credibly muster nan support of 8 members of nan President’s furniture (a mostly of nan 15 executive departments), she could coming an ultimatum to nan President forcing him to extremity his run and to endorse her candidacy, lest he beryllium removed from office, everlastingly cementing his bequest arsenic a President who was mentally unfit to lead nan country.'

'Such a request by nan Vice President, and immoderate supporters successful nan cabinet, would person unquestionably been extortion,' Jones continued.   

The AAF missive comes arsenic Republicans are divided complete whether nan 25th Amendment should beryllium invoked to region Biden from office. 

But that push whitethorn now beryllium quelled.

Former President Donald Trump said Thursday he is against his statement pushing for nan usage of nan amendment. 

'I don’t deliberation they should usage nan 25th Amendment,' he said.

'I will opportunity this, nan world is successful a very vulnerable place. I deliberation if [Biden] goes, [Kamala] past takes complete and she’s worse than he is,' Trump said connected Fox & Friends, calling her a 'San Francisco radical.'

Despite Trump's warning, immoderate Republicans are still insisting that nan never-before-used amendment must beryllium invoked instantly to region Biden. 

'I wrote a missive and sent it to Kamala Harris asking her to invoke nan 25th Amendment,' Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., told DailyMail.com. 

'I person a small book connected my desk. It's called nan Constitution. And she is nan Vice President of nan United States and nan President of nan United States is compromised mentally and physically.' 

'So it's her work to invoke nan 25th Amendment, get nan furniture together, constitute a letter, taxable to Joe Biden and that millisecond she becomes nan the nan acting president United States.'

He said Biden is 'pretending' to beryllium president and he would 'rather person an acting president than him pretending.' 

Van Orden says he is still supportive of Trump, but adds 'I'm looking astatine this from a nationalist information perspective.'

Other rank-and-file Republicans, however, sided pinch Trump. 

'I deliberation nan [former] president's position is my position,' Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., told DailyMail.com.

'That's a Kamala Harris question. It's not for us,' Donalds continued. 

Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., agreed pinch Donalds and Trump. 

'It won't walk nan Senate. So I don't cognize that is needed.' 

'I don't deliberation nan President has immoderate capacity to govern. And he hasn't been rather immoderate clip and it's been covered up wholly by nan media.'

'Everybody successful Washington talks astir it, Democrats and Republicans.'

So far, respective successful nan GOP - including Johnson - person already spoken astir taking action successful pushing nan amendment maneuver forward.

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, first revenge a solution conscionable aft nan statement to telephone connected Harris 'to convene nan Cabinet and state President Joe Biden arsenic incapable to transportation retired his duties arsenic Commander-in-Chief.'

And Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters connected Monday he was still considering whether to put nan solution connected nan House floor.

Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., has called for Harris to invoke nan 25th Amendment and connected Tuesday introduced articles of impeachment for nan vice president failing to uphold separator laws.

Additionally, Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., wrote a missive to each 1 of Biden's Cabinet members urging them to invoke nan 25th Amendment.

But action successful nan House regarding nan 25th Amendment is not expected to travel immoderate clip soon. 

The House collapsed for August recess early connected Thursday.

They are not expected to return to business successful Washington, D.C. until September 9, which is 45 days away.