
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., announced on Thursday that he would consider expunging one or both impeachments of former President Donald Trump.
Trump — who is running for president for the third time in 2024 — was impeached twice during his time in office. The first was in 2019 after it was discovered that he withheld military aid from Ukraine in exchange for political favors, and then in 2021 for instigating the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. While he was acquitted during Senate trials, the impeachments by the Democrat-led House were a part of the historic record.