Question 1): According to The Wall Street Journal, President Donald Trump and his allies are fixing to push GOP lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives to pass a resolution that would formally “expunge” his two impeachments, which were based on his efforts to solicit help from Ukraine in the 2020 election and for his role in influencing the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol building.
The resolutions would largely be symbolic because the Constitution doesn’t actually specify that impeachments can ever be formally rescinded and would not have any practical effect, since Trump wasn’t convicted and removed from office in either case.
Nevertheless, House Speaker Mike Johnson has suggested he might put on the House agenda expungement of the two impeachments votes taken during Trump’s first of term, when Democrats controlled the House (2019-2023) under Speaker Nancy Pelosi. It would probably be after the November 3 election.
So, the question is why would Speaker Johnson bring an expungement vote to the House floor?
Republicans currently hold a slim majority (218-R, 212-D, 1-Independent, and 4 vacancies). The Speaker could attempt to ram a expungement vote through the House on a near party line vote. Every Democrat in the House will oppose expungement.
Trump can use the Cornyn example to weigh in and use an expungement vote as a personal test of every Republican member’s loyalty to him and use that roll call vote in 2028 in GOP primaries before he leaves the presidency, perhaps as a final act of retribution.
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-Torture Chambers and death camps at the” Dacau”
Of Louisiana “Immigration holding area
-6 Killed in the Jan6 Attack at the Capitol
-13 Americans Killed when we lost the war in Iran and depleted our stockpile of military necessity’s by 50%. Untold Iranians killed including Children!
-People Starving in Africa as the Gold Vulgarity Grows and grows with a 600 million dollar party Room at the Kings palace (formally the White House) is built on the backs of the Tax payers !
-masked ICE agents roamed at will beating and killing in our Communities
– Rob Cheating and enrichment himself and his Family and his RICH buddies while prices sore for the Normal American Families !
– Lying to the People on a Dailey Basis and Violating so many Social action programs for the poor ,Sick , and Downtrodden!
And Shamdyl Bill Ballenger becoming just another Trump Enabler like the rest of his Lackeys by even brining up EXPUNGEMENT ! He should be Impeached and then Removed by the Senate !!!
Yikes ! Really ! You’re Joking
That Totally Absurd !!!
With what has transpired !
That’s almost as Shocking as renaming the Geordie Howe Bridge
The President Trump Bridge to annexation of Canada!
Happy Father’s Day to all the TBR family!!!
Interesting article, Bill. But I suspect that Trump will be disappointed in the end. And not for the first time either.
If anything, this proposal will be taken up AFTER the November elections, especially if the GOP loses the house. But the vote may still not be there for reasons stated above. Or we may never hear of it again. Keep in mind one thing about DJT; he is the Master of the Bluff. How many other times has he proposed something only to let it flounder after it has achieved its initial purpose? (In this case bringing to the surface those who are his true allies, the lukewarm, and outright enemies.)
A royal waste of time and effort but so was the redecoration of the reflecting pool and the renaming of the Kennedy Center. As Absolutely The Truth suggests, it would be an affront to all of us.
Look what happened with Liz Cheney and Thomas Massie when they opposed Trump – both were booted from office with ease by the electorate.
Trump today just endorsed John James for Michigan governor and Michael Bouchard, Jr. for the 10th Michigan Congressional District GOP nomination – it is the ONLY competitive U.S. House district in Michigan for the August primary.
Sen. Aric Nesbitt, candidate for Michigan governor, responded to the Trump announcement by withdrawing from the gubernatorial race. In a comment on TBR on May 26th I predicted that Nesbitt would eventually become a lieutenant governor running mate of John James – that prediction comes one step closer to reality – and James needs support in the gubernatorial race from West Michigan that Nesbitt can provide. Nesbitt also brings with him significant political connections in Lansing that James sorely needs.
Bouchard’s campaign can be expected to win the August primary. Justin Kirk and Steffen Demetropoulos and may soon drop out – but Robert Lulgjuraj has raised well over $1 million in campaign funding and may continue to oppose Bouchard until the August primary election.
The latest MIRS/Mitchell Research poll published four days ago shows the Trump-endorsed Mike Rogers leading Haley Stevens in the U.S. Senate race in Michigan 45%-41%.
But the real shocker – Abdul Elsayed among the 18-44 age bracket of likely Democratic primary voters leads Stevens and McMorrow by a 86%-3%-0% margin, respectively.
There is a feeling among GOP leaders that Dr. Elsayed is the “preferred” opponent for Mike Rogers – in reality, Stevens is collapsing among young voters – and Elsayed is likely to clean up with young voters if he is the Dem nominee in November.
Wasn’t this the open link Mitchell Research poll that McMorrow got MIRS to retract?
Kyle Melinn, editor of MIRS, ultimately retracted the poll after he queried other pollsters for opinions of reliability.
It was a open survey link.
The new Susquehanna poll that came out on June 25th shows Dr. Elsayed leading Haley Stevens by a 22%-20% margin with 9% for Mallory McMorrow.
It shows almost 50% of polled Democrats are undecided.
Sen. Aric Nesbitt is now endorsing John James.
John James now has the support of the “donor class” and Donald Trump.
Mr. Nesbitt’s ascendancy to a running mate position for James would not be unreasonable at all………..many GOP insiders are encouraging it.
Why bother to expunge them when another awaits him when he gets deservedly wiped out in the midterms? If he loses both the House and the Senate, he will be impeached by both, and they will stick. What follows will be most interesting for us all. Stay tuned for coming attractions……
Well put Bill, You certainly spun a yarn there.
Paul Sperry just posted a good update on prosecutor Joseph diGenova’s Florida investigation of the Trump impeachments conspiracy:
‘Russiagate Prosecutor Calls Audible On ‘Grand Conspiracy’
By Paul Sperry, RealClearInvestigations
June 25, 2026
Two separate grand juries in South Florida are now collecting and hearing evidence in what will become a series of conspiracy cases.
The expungement of the Trump impeachments should be preceded by indictments of the IC criminals who created these travesties of justice.
There is no constitutional basis to “expunge” a federal impeachment.
Congressional actions based on nefarious criminal conspiracies must be subject to reversal.
Stepping back to January 18th’s TBR, “MINNESOTA SOMALI SCANDAL: COULD IT HAPPEN IN MICHIGAN?”, we now have Michigan’s first Quality Learing Center story, above the fold in today’s national edition Fox News:
‘Michigan childcare provider collected $1.1M in taxpayer funds despite no visible signs of operating’
Repeated site visits to the Clinton Township address found no children, no staff, and a locked building during business hours
By Michael Sinkewicz Fox News
Published June 25, 2026 5:10am EDT
“1st Premier Learning Academy & Daycare…. at 39781 Garfield Road in Clinton Township, but investigators said that address is occupied by Kidz in Motion Early Learning Institute, a daycare whose state license is listed as closed.”
“According to an investigative report, the facility received $1,121,641 in Child Development & Care (CDC) Program reimbursements between fiscal years 2023 and 2026, yet the Michigan House Oversight Subcommittee on State & Local Public Assistance Programs staff said repeated site visits found no evidence that children were being cared for at the advertised location.”
Aren’t these state-licensed facilities?
Where are state regulators?
When effective regulation occurs, this type of stuff cannot exist.
The structure of Medicaid provides remuneration from the federal government to those same state regulators when a fraud occurs. They have a powerful incentive to ignore fraudulent billings.