Bill
HRES 1211
Expunge the December 2019 and January 2021 Trump impeachments from the House’s official historical record, removing them as if never passed.
Title: Expunging the December 18, 2019, and January 13, 2021, Impeachments of President Donald Trump
Purpose
- To expunge both of former President Donald J. Trump’s impeachments (the December 18, 2019 ruling related to the first impeachment, and the January 13, 2021 ruling related to the second impeachment) from the official historical record of the House of Representatives, as if those Articles of Impeachment had never passed the House.
Provisions and Changes Proposed
- Section 1: Expungement
- Subsection (1): Declare that the December 18, 2019 impeachment of President Trump is expunged, as if the Articles of Impeachment had never passed the full House of Representatives.
- Subsection (2): Declare that the January 13, 2021 impeachment of President Trump is expunged, as if the Articles of Impeachment had never passed the full House of Representatives.
The text leverages declassified documents and allegations to argue that the impeachments were conducted improperly and politically motivated.
The measure is applying a formal relief to erase the impeachments on the legislative record, not altering any other legal outcomes or consequences outside the formal impeachment record of the House.
Procedural and Timeline Aspects
- Status: Introduced April 23, 2026, and referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- Sponsor and Co-Sponsors: Led by Mr. SSA (for himself) with a wide list of co-sponsors, including several Republicans.
- Committee action: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary; no floor vote information provided in the text.
- There is no accompanying indicative timeline or path to Senate consideration in the resolution itself; expungement motions in the House would not automatically alter Senate procedures or presidential records outside the House’s own impeachment record.
Who Would Be Affected
- President Donald J. Trump: The expungement would, in effect, erase the formal impeachment articles from the House’s historical record, removing the impeachment labeling from official record-keeping within the House.
- House of Representatives: The House’s formal record would be revised to reflect that the two impeachments “never occurred” in the sense of passing articles, per the resolution.
- Historical/Legal Record: The resolution seeks to influence intellectual and archival treatment of the impeachments, though it does not repeal or set aside any Senate actions or constitutional consequences beyond House-record expungement.
Key Notes
- The bill is largely symbolic in its aim to expunge impeachment articles rather than to alter constitutional or legal outcomes beyond the House’s own record.
- Given its procedural posture (referred to committee) and lack of Senate text, passage would require separate action in the Senate and potential presidential or archival considerations to have broad historical effect.
For readers seeking quick takeaways
- Main goal: Remove/expunge the two Trump impeachments from the House’s official records.
- Rationale: Claims due process concerns, bias, and procedural deficiencies in the impeachment process.
- Practical impact: Primarily affects the House’s archival record; does not automatically impact Senate actions or other legal consequences.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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