Republican officials were debating if there was a way to remove former President Donald Trump from the ballot in 2016 after the release of the "Access Hollywood" tape, former Trump assistant and Republican National Committee official Madeleine Westerhout told the court during the latest day of testimony at the Manhattan criminal hush money trial.
According to The Guardian, when questioned, Westerhout explained, "It’s my recollection that there were conversations about how it would be possible...