McCarthy reminded a group of reporters that he voted against both impeachments of the former president and said the second impeachment had "no due process." Can you expunge an impeachment? 6 attack on the Capitol, but McCarthy denied that supporting a resolution to expunge the impeachments was an attempt to gloss over Trump's role that day.Īfter both impeachments in the House, Trump was acquitted by the Senate.
He was impeached a second time for inciting the Jan. military aid to Ukraine as it faced Russia.
Trump was first impeached in 2019 after encouraging Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to dig up political dirt on then-White House rival Joe Biden ahead of the 2020 presidential campaign - while Trump was withholding U.S. McCarthy's decision to back the resolution demonstrates that Trump, who was impeached twice in office and indicted twice since departing office, still maintains broad support among House Republicans as he stages a bid for the 2024 presidential nomination. However, he said their resolutions would need to go through the committee process first before getting a vote on the floor. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., in their effort to expunge both impeachments. McCarthy told reporters he would back House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., and Rep. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., expressed support Friday for a symbolic resolution to expunge former President Donald Trump's two impeachments from the House record.
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