US President Donald Trump and his allies are pushing lawmakers to pass a resolution aimed at voiding his first-term impeachments, a White House official says, confirming a report in the Wall Street Journal.
Trump was impeached twice by the US House of Representatives during his first four years in office. The first alleged an abuse of power, and he was acquitted in early 2020. The second accused him of incitement of insurrection over the January 6 2021 attack on the US Capitol by his supporters.
Trump escaped an ouster from power in both cases and his anger over the impeachments helped fuel his 2024 presidential campaign in which he defeated Democrat Kamala Harris.
