{"id":2613637,"date":"2026-06-12T17:26:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T21:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/don-bacon-opposes-gop-push-to-expunge-trump-impeachments\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T17:26:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T21:26:00","slug":"don-bacon-opposes-gop-push-to-expunge-trump-impeachments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/don-bacon-opposes-gop-push-to-expunge-trump-impeachments\/","title":{"rendered":"Don Bacon opposes GOP push to \u2018expunge\u2019 Trump impeachments"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdon-bacon-opposes-gop-push-to-expunge-trump-impeachments%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2613637&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/don-bacon\/\">Don Bacon<\/a> (R-NE) is warning Republicans not to tee up a House vote later this year that would \u201cexpunge\u201d the two <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/impeachment\/\">impeachments<\/a> from President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> first term.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bacon, a retiring centrist who has occasionally bucked congressional leadership, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that plans for the expungement votes would not be \u201cwell received\u201d and that Republicans were better off pursuing a \u201cnoble\u201d agenda centered on defense spending and reforms to legal immigration and Social Security.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4605932\/trump-house-resolution-erase-impeachments\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump backs House resolution to erase first-term impeachments: Report<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4605038\/oversight-committee-democrats-demand-white-house-epstein-testimony\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>House oversight committee Democrats demand White House officials testify over Epstein files meetings<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4604346\/house-votes-down-fisa-extension\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>House votes down FISA patch, risking first-ever lapse in key spy power<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNot a wise idea,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s no time for vanity projects.\u201d Bacon added that he would \u201cvery likely\u201d oppose such a vote on the House floor.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/elections\/trump-and-allies-are-working-on-plan-to-expunge-impeachments-49ee2874\">reported<\/a> on Thursday that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has spoken with Trump and some of his allies in the legal world about how to erase the impeachments. A vote is not imminent but could take place sometime after the midterm elections, when Republicans will be defending a tenuous House majority.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is no mechanism in the Constitution to reverse an impeachment, and some critics have called the idea \u201cabsurd.\u201d But Republicans for years have <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/stefanik.house.gov\/2023\/6\/stefanik-greene-introduce-resolutions-to-expunge-donald-trump-s-impeachments\">proposed legislation<\/a> to void them symbolically, and the push gained traction in April, after the Trump administration <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dni.gov\/index.php\/newsroom\/press-releases\/press-releases-2026\/4154-pr-06-26\">declassified<\/a> documents that Republicans say undermine the credibility of the trials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump was impeached by a Democratic-led House on abuse of power charges in 2019 over his alleged attempts to pressure Ukraine into investigating the Biden family. He was impeached again in 2021 over his conduct surrounding the Capitol riot.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In both cases, the GOP-led Senate acquitted him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think it makes a lot of sense the more the evidence comes out, the more we know they really were sham impeachments,\u201d Johnson told the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>, calling expungement a \u201cpriority and something that Congress should make right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republicans have just a three-seat majority in the House, making Bacon\u2019s opposition notable. Any attempt to relitigate Trump\u2019s behavior in office would prove controversial, even though most of the 10 Republicans who voted to impeach him in 2021 have since retired or been ousted from Congress.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just two of those \u201cyes\u201d votes remain: Reps. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and David Valadao (R-CA). Newhouse is retiring in January, while Valadao is competing for another term this fall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4597401\/how-thune-overcame-trump-roadblock-fund-ice\/\"><strong>HOW THUNE OVERCAME A TRUMP-SIZED ROADBLOCK TO FUNDING ICE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger, who voted for impeachment in 2021 and sat on Democrats\u2019 Jan. 6 commission, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdamKinzinger\/status\/2065467009660342653?s=20\">said on X<\/a> Friday that Republicans can\u2019t rewrite the \u201chistorical record,\u201d whether a vote succeeds or not.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA vote can\u2019t erase what happened,\u201d Kinzinger posted. \u201cIt can\u2019t erase January 6th. And it can\u2019t erase the record future generations will read.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) is warning Republicans not to tee up a House vote later this year that would \u201cexpunge\u201d the two impeachments from President Donald Trump\u2019s first term. Bacon, a retiring centrist who has occasionally bucked congressional leadership, told the Washington Examiner that plans for the expungement votes would not be \u201cwell received\u201d and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2651,"featured_media":2613638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP23297006583813-1-e1781293336752.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2613637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP23297006583813-1-e1781293336752.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2613637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2651"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2613637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2613637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2613638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2613637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2613637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2613637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}