Democratic Rep. slams Speaker Kevin McCarthy over Trump impeachment claims

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) on Friday slammed Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) over the House speaker’s claims about Donald Trump’s impeachment.

Lieu was responding to a tweet from Fox News senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram, who reported that McCarthy is backing efforts to expunge the former president’s two impeachments.

Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) are leading the effort to expunge Trump’s impeachments.

“I think it is appropriate,” McCarthy told reporters Friday. “Just as I thought before — that you should expunge it, because it never should have gone through.”

He added: "I voted against both impeachments. The second impeachment had no due process."

“Dear @SpeakerMcCarthy,” Lieu tweeted.

“As an impeachment manager, I can confirm there was a multi-day trial in the US Senate for Trump’s second impeachment. Both sides presented evidence and arguments. 57 Senators voted to convict. Remember? It wasn’t that long ago."

“That’s called Due Process.”

The House in 2019 adopted articles of impeachment against Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress over allegations he pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to investigate Democrat Joe Biden on corruption.

In 2021 the House adopted one impeachment article against the former president over his role in the events of Jan. 6 for incitement of an insurrection.