Don Bacon opposes GOP push to ‘expunge’ Trump impeachments: ‘No time for vanity projects’

Published June 12, 2026 4:37pm ET



Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) is warning Republicans not to tee up a House vote later this year that would “expunge” the two impeachments from President Donald Trump’s 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 “well received” and that Republicans were better off pursuing a “noble” agenda centered on defense spending and reforms to legal immigration and Social Security.

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