House Republicans are pursuing impeachment along two separate tracks. On one hand, they have moved forward with referrals with GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert’s effort to impeach President Joe Biden for his failure to secure America’s southern border.
On the other, they seek to erase Democratic-led impeachments of former President Donald Trump.
Republican Reps. Elise Stefanik of New York and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia announced on Thursday that they had filed resolutions to reverse the Democrats’ two impeachments of Trump.
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“The resolutions would expunge the unconstitutional impeachments of President Trump as if such Articles of Impeachment had never passed the full House of Representatives,” a press release from Stefanik’s office stated.
Trump was impeached in 2019 for allegedly withholding aid to Ukraine in exchange for that nation’s promise to investigate corruption facilitated by Joe Biden and his son Hunter. Democrats went after Trump again in 2021, alleging he ignited the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Both attempts to remove Trump from office failed because almost all GOP senators rejected the liberals’ claims.
Both lawmakers assert that the Democrats failed to preview the case that Trump was guilty of “high crimes and misdemeanors,” as spelled out in the Constitution.
Stefanik’s resolution covers Trump’s impeachment for the riot.
“The American people know Democrats weaponized the power of impeachment against President Donald Trump to advance their own extreme political agenda,” Stefanik said in a statement.
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“From the beginning of this sham process, I stood up against Nancy Pelosi and Adam Schiff’s blatant attempt to shred the Constitution as House Democrats ignored the Constitution and failed to follow the legislative process. President Donald Trump was rightfully acquitted, and it is past time to expunge Democrats’ sham smear against not only President Trump’s name but against millions of patriots across the country.”
Greene seeks to clear Trump’s record over the call to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
In her statement, Greene said, “The first impeachment of President Trump was a politically motivated sham. The Democrats, led by Nancy Pelosi and Adam Schiff, weaponized a perfect phone call with Ukraine to interfere with the 2020 election. Meanwhile, the FBI had credible evidence of Joe and Hunter Biden’s corrupt dealings, confirming their involvement in a foreign bribery pay-to-play scheme and receipt of over $5 million each.”
“All of this information was revealed to Congress by the [FBI form] FD-1023 form from the FBI’s most credible informant. The form vindicates President Trump and exposes the crimes of the Biden family. It’s clear that President Trump’s impeachment was nothing more than a witch hunt that needs to be expunged from our history. I’m proud to work with Chairwoman Elise Stefanik on our joint resolutions to correct the record and clear President Trump’s good name,” Greene added.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told reporters on Friday that he supports his colleagues’ efforts.
According to Breitbart News, McCarthy shared that he voted against the first impeachment because it was “not based on true facts,” and that he rejected the second attempt “on the basis of no due process.”
“I think it is appropriate, just as I thought before, that you should expunge it because it never should have gone through,” McCarthy said.
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