Donald Trump is quietly pressuring Republican leaders in Washington to back a move that would symbolically erase his two impeachments, according to a new report, prompting Democratic congressman Jamie Raskin to argue that the president's behind-the-scenes push betrays 'shame and disgrace' over his conduct around 6 January and Ukraine.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump and close allies are lobbying GOP lawmakers to introduce a resolution that would 'void' both impeachments: the first, in 2019, over his phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and the second, in 2021, over his role in inciting the mob that stormed the US Capitol. The plan, sourced to unnamed Republican insiders, would not change the historical record or the formal constitutional status of either impeachment, but is designed to send a political message as Trump seeks to reclaim the White House.
