Trump pushes resolution to symbolically overturn his impeachments in Congress

The outlet stated the move would be purely political and symbolic, carrying little legal significance since the Constitution provides no procedure to undo an impeachment.

“It should be done because I did nothing wrong,” Trump said when asked about the resolution in a phone call with The Wall Street Journal.

“It was a rigged deal – it was a whole rigged situation.”

WSJ, citing sources, reported that the measure likely wouldn’t be considered until after the November election. Even then, it would be difficult to garner the votes needed to pass, according to several House Republican lawmakers.

Trump has posted news clips about voiding the impeachments on his Truth Social account, but has recently played down his own role in the effort, instead saying that he would be honored if they wanted to do it.

House Speaker Mike Johnson said he has discussed the resolution with Trump and has had more detailed conversations with some of the president’s allies in the legal world, including Harvard law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz and Jay Sekulow, a conservative lawyer who represented Trump during his first impeachment trial.

“I think it makes a lot of sense the more the evidence comes out, the more we know they really were sham impeachments,” Johnson said, noting that the conversations about the resolution started about a month ago.

Johnson said the “expungement” effort was not an order of first priority, but he added that it was on his list.

Trump isn’t actively pushing Congress to take the vote ahead of the midterm elections, according to people who’ve discussed the issue with him. In the case of both impeachments, the Senate acquitted the president. No other U.S. president has been impeached on two separate occasions, the outlet noted.

Donald Trump is the first president in U.S. history to be impeached twice in one term.

Trump was first impeached by the House of Representatives in December 2019, but was later acquitted by the Senate.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach Donald Trump for the second time on January 13, 2021. The vote was 232 in favor and 197 against, with ten Republicans voting in favor.