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Scheme hatched to haul Trump out of office as top lawyers zero in on under-the-radar law

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After two impeachments and 34 criminal convictions did not stop Donald Trump from becoming president for the second time, a new legal strategy could be used to remove him from office, according to a civil trial lawyer who's successfully sued major corporations and the government. Kevin K. Johnson, a civil and appellate trial lawyer in California, argues that contract and employment law could be used to remove Trump based on violations of his oath of office. Johnson consulted with top legal scholars on the theory and discussed the strategy he presents in a book , “The American Oath Project: Protecting the Backbone of Democracy,” with the California Attorney General’s Office. “As I understand the history of the creation of the Constitution, the founders intended the document to be a living, breathing document … so they didn't intend that the only remedy you would have if you had a lawless president would be to impeach and convict,” Johnson told Raw Story. “They never intended that the do