President Donald Trump reportedly supports the House GOP’s consideration of a resolution to void the two failed impeachments during his first term in office.The resolution would symbolically, not legally, erase Trump’s impeachment record, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The president and his allies have recently discussed the idea with Republican lawmakers.“It should be done because I did nothing wrong,” Trump said of the floated resolution in an interview with the outlet. “It was a rigged deal — it was a whole rigged situation.”
In December 2019, the House approved articles of impeachment over allegations that Trump pressured Ukraine to investigate then-presidential candidate Joe Biden as Trump sought reelection. Before Trump left the White House in January 2021, the House passed an article of impeachment related to his alleged involvement in the Capitol riot on Jan. 6 that year. The efforts went nowhere because the Senate declined to convict him.
In both instances, the House was controlled by Democrats. The lower chamber is now controlled by Republicans, who are trying to hold on to their narrow majority this election cycle.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) appears to be open to the move, although the resolution likely won’t see any progress until after the midterm elections. He noted discussions on the resolution started about a month ago.
