Overview
- Rep. Darrell Issa introduced H.Res.1211 to erase both House impeachments of President Trump, and the measure, filed Monday, went to the Judiciary Committee with public backing from Chair Jim Jordan and more than 20 Republican cosponsors.
- The resolution says the House’s 2019 and 2021 charges should be removed from its record “as if” they never passed, seeking to strike the chamber’s own entries rather than revisit the Senate outcomes.
- Sponsors cite declassified files released by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, which they say show the 2019 whistleblower coordinated with Democrats before filing, and her office sent a criminal referral to the Justice Department in April.
- The text argues the 2021 impeachment moved from introduction to passage in two days with only a brief expert hearing and no fact witnesses, which it says denied Trump due process.
- Legal scholars quoted in coverage say any expungement would be symbolic and cannot erase the historical fact of impeachment, and prior GOP attempts in 2022 and 2023 died without votes, with media reactions splitting along partisan lines.