When a president’s former Chief of Staff is looking at ways to keep that president from ever holding power again, one knows that this is no normal Chief of Staff, nor is it a normal president. But this is exactly what is happening with former Trump Chief of Staff General John Kelly and dozens of other high-ranking officials, all in an attempt to keep Trump from “eroding” the democratic process.

There is little that these people could officially do to keep Trump from running or endorsing whomever he wants. There is a lot of “unofficial things” they can do.

According to CNN

Around three dozen former Trump administration officials, disillusioned with their former boss and concerned about his impact on the GOP and the nation, held a conference call last Monday to discuss efforts to fend off his efforts to, in their view, erode the democratic process, several participants told CNN.

The only items the group seemed to agree upon in its first meeting, however, were that they’re not sure what their way forward should be, and that they are way behind the efforts of former President Donald Trump and his allies to set the stage for 2022, 2024, and beyond.

The highest-ranking participant was former White House chief of staff and retired Marine Gen. John Kelly. Other participants included former Trump White House communications directors Alyssa Farah Griffin and former Homeland Security and counterterrorism adviser to Vice President Pence Olivia Troye.

Again, officially? No, there is probably no means by which they could stop him. But if there is a group anywhere that knows secrets that might be able to stop him, this would be the group. The fact that they’re meeting through conference calls at least demonstrates that they believe they would need the backing of an entire group if they were to expose some of those secrets.

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