McCarthy Denies Report On Expunging Impeachments

Politico reports:

Kevin McCarthy denies he made any deal with Donald Trump to expunge his impeachment record. Even if the speaker did call for such a vote, a bloc of House GOP centrists would likely defeat it. Roughly a half-dozen swing district Republicans said Thursday they were skeptical — or even downright opposed — to any vote designed to symbolically rescind one or both of Trump’s impeachments.

Playbook reported Thursday that McCarthy had promised the former president he would look to expunge the impeachments, seeking to dispel Trump’s pressure to endorse him for president in 2024. “It doesn’t make sense to me. Because if you’re found not guilty, what do we expunge?” Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) said in an interview, referring to the findings of the Senate trials in both impeachments. “I think it’s silly. We should be moving forward, not backwards.”

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