Overview
- President Donald Trump reposted and endorsed conservative commentator Mark Levin’s call to “expel” Rep. Jamie Raskin on Truth Social on Thursday, labeling Raskin a “loser” and saying he would be jailed without President Biden’s earlier pardon.
- Trump’s post specifically cited Raskin’s role as a lead impeachment manager and as a member of the Jan. 6 committee as the basis for punishment.
- Raskin rejected the attack on air, saying the way to avoid impeachment is to stop committing impeachable offenses and disputing Trump’s allegations.
- Expulsion is unlikely to succeed because the Constitution requires a two‑thirds House vote and the move has been used very rarely in U.S. history.
- Separately, reporting shows Trump allies are pursuing a congressional measure to expunge his past impeachments and that House Speaker Mike Johnson has shown interest, a developing effort that would aim to erase political records even though its legal effect is contested.