(CNN) Top White House aides, lawmakers, donors and political consultants are privately asking whether President Donald Trump realizes that losing the House next year could put his presidency in peril. "When Democrats take control of the House they will absolutely move for articles of impeachment," one Trump confidant predicted. Marc Short, director of legislative affairs at the White House, said the White House hasn't resigned itself to the notion of losing the House. Top White House officials have openly discussed the threat of impeachment among themselves, multiple sources said. But White House personnel are loath to broach the topic with the President, sources said.

Source: CNN October 16, 2017 10:10 UTC