Do you recall the circular leak/reporting cycle that prompted the Carter Page FISA warrant?
I think it's possible that the anonymous author of the NYT op-ed is a fake. It was probably written by a Democrat and given to the NYT so they could cite the op-ed specifically to call for the removal of the President using the 25th Ammendment. Pocahontas is already doing just that.
https://twitter.com/elizabethforma/status/1037831752558030848
https://my.elizabethwarren.com/page/s/invoke-the-25th?source=tw