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House Republican majority mulling whether to exonerate Trump of highly criticized impeachments

The new House Republican majority is considering expunging former President Donald Trump’s two impeachments, which many in the GOP say were politicized and flawed prosecutions led by Democrats.

“We’d look at it,” House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told The Washington Times when asked whether he’d bring legislation to the floor wiping out the historic double impeachments of the former president.

Mr. McCarthy, California Republican, cited debunked charges Democrats lodged against Mr. Trump throughout his presidency including discredited claims he collaborated with Russia to win the 2016 election.

“When you find that the final information of the Russia document is all a lie, and we watch what he went through, I would understand why members would want to bring that forward,” Mr.