SouthernWorldwide.com – Representative Darrell Issa, a Republican from California, has introduced a significant resolution aiming to nullify the two impeachment proceedings against former President Donald Trump in the House of Representatives. Issa asserts that this move is necessary to correct a situation where Democrats allegedly used “knowingly false” claims in a politically motivated effort to damage Trump’s reputation.
The resolution, designated as H.Res.1211 and referred to the House Judiciary Committee, proposes that both of Trump’s impeachments, which were approved by the House in 2019 and 2021, be formally “expunged as if such Article had never passed the full House of Representatives.”
“The fact is that the Constitution doesn’t spell out what to do when you’ve wrongfully indicted somebody,” Issa stated in an interview. “An impeachment is basically an indictment, and it’s an indictment that you can’t really be acquitted from. If you are impeached by the House, famously where do you go to get your reputation back, is the question.”
He elaborated on this point, explaining, “And that’s sort of a problem that we’re dealing with, which is that the president was wrongfully accused, the evidence is now out that there was withheld information and false information, but where do we go to unring this bell? And the answer is we go back to Congress and we go to the House floor and we have a vote.”
Issa further emphasized that he hopes this process will “make sure that the facts and the reality that there was misconduct in the process gets a hearing.” He believes this is crucial because “that’s really where this becomes a big deal is that we really have to make our case in front of Congress and in front of the American people.”
The resolution argues that the 2019 impeachment was based on unreliable and politically biased information. It specifically points to newly declassified materials that, according to the resolution, undermine the credibility of the anonymous whistleblower whose complaint initiated the inquiry.
The resolution contends that the whistleblower lacked firsthand knowledge, was aided by other officials with alleged political biases, and that House investigators mishandled or misrepresented evidence. Furthermore, it claims that Trump was denied the opportunity to confront his accusers.
In a press release earlier this year, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced the declassification of documents. These documents, she stated, revealed a “coordinated effort” within the intelligence community “to manufacture a conspiracy that was used as the basis to impeach President Trump in 2019.”
Issa maintains that Democrats “broke every House rule” in their impeachment attempts. A source close to Issa’s office informed Fox News Digital that prominent Democrats have privately acknowledged that information revealed since the impeachments “reflects so poorly on the House” and “represents an example of what’s gone wrong in the Capitol and in Washington.”
The resolution also asserts that the 2021 impeachment was conducted hastily and procedurally flawed. It notes that the House moved from introduction to passage in just two days and did not undertake a comprehensive evidentiary process. Although lawmakers held a brief committee hearing with constitutional experts, the measure advanced without fact witnesses or extended investigation, which the resolution argues denied Trump basic due process.
“They impeached him for essentially an insurrection, a true high crime, and it’s false,” Issa stated.
Previous efforts to reverse the impeachments have been made, including resolutions in 2022 and 2023. However, these attempts never received hearings, markups, or floor votes and ultimately expired at the end of the 118th Congress.
Issa explained that the prior resolutions were not as robust as the current one. He believes they “didn’t have what we have,” which is “the compelling case to say the misconduct of the accusation is now what we’re going to have on trial rather than the president because he was impeached with information that the very people who brought it knew was wrong.”
Issa’s initiative has garnered support from a key figure in the Republican leadership, House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan of Ohio. Jordan commented, “Democrats weaponized impeachment against President Trump with politically motivated charges. We applaud Chairman Issa for leading the fight to expunge this sham from the record.”
The effort is also strongly backed by numerous other House Republicans. A list of over 20 cosponsors includes: Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y.; Scott Fitzgerald, R-Wis.; Russell Fry, R-S.C.; Mark Alford, R-Mo.; Tim Burchett, R-Tenn.; Tom McClintock, R-Calif.; David J. Taylor, R-Ohio; Harriet Hageman, R-Wyo.; Rick Allen, R-Ga.; Rich McCormick, R-Ga.; Michael Rulli, R-Ohio; Mary Miller, R-Ill.; Mike Collins, R-Ga.; Glenn Grothman, R-Wis.; Jimmy Patronis, R-Fla.; Tracey Mann, R-Kan.; Tim Walberg, R-Mich.; John Rose, R-Tenn.; Joe Wilson, R-S.C.; David Rouzer, R-N.C.; Diana Harshbarger, R-Tenn.; and Ronny Jackson, R-Texas.
Issa’s resolution revives a constitutional debate regarding the House’s authority to retroactively nullify an impeachment it has already approved. Proponents argue that because the Constitution grants the House the “sole Power of Impeachment,” it also holds authority over its own records and can vote to expunge prior actions.
Conversely, critics, including some legal scholars, suggest that while the House can express disapproval or add annotations to its records, it cannot erase the historical reality of an impeachment or reverse the constitutional process once it has concluded. They view such efforts as largely symbolic.
“Our goal is to show that it’s false and it was maliciously false and, as a result, it should no longer stand as a legitimate accusation to then be played upon when people are saying, ‘No Kings,’” Issa stated.
He further explained, “When you’ve been falsely accused, whether it’s days, weeks, months or years later, somebody should be just as interested in printing that retraction on the front page as they were in putting the original charge on the front page. And that’s what we’re trying to achieve, is to have the legitimate retraction receive at least some semblance of the same attention as the false accusations did.”
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