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Trump Calls for Rep. Jamie Raskin’s Expulsion Over Impeachment Threats
6/12/2026, 9:11:53 PM
Trump’s Expulsion Demand
On Thursday, former President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social urging Congress to expel Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD). The post, a response to a Mark Levin tweet, called Raskin a “Loser in Life” who “worked endlessly during my First Term to impeach me” and claimed Raskin would be “in jail right now” but for a pardon from President Joe Biden. Trump repeated Levin’s call to “EXPEL THE BUM.”
Raskin’s Congressional Role and Biden Pardon Claim
Rep. Raskin serves on the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack and was the lead House manager in the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump in January 2021. He has publicly supported impeachment resolutions during Trump’s first term. The reports note that President Biden issued a preemptive pardon covering Raskin and other House Judiciary Committee members shortly before Trump’s second inauguration, a claim cited by Trump in his post.
Official Statements
Trump’s Truth Social message echoed Levin’s X post that accused Raskin of “already leading a plot to impeach the President if Democrats take the House.” Levin’s tweet urged “the necessary steps” to expel Raskin under Article I, Section 5, Clause 2 of the Constitution. Raskin answered on “All In with Chris Hayes,” describing Trump’s remarks as “nightmare flashbacks about impeachment” and urging the president to stop “committing impeachable offenses” and “high crimes and misdemeanors.” No official House response appears in the sources.
Legal and Procedural Context
Expulsion of a member of Congress is rare; the Constitution permits removal only with a two-thirds vote of the chamber. Since 1865, three expulsions have occurred, the most recent being Rep. George Santos in December 2023.
Criticism & Opposition
Critics argue that Trump’s expulsion call mixes partisan rivalry with the constitutional standard for “disorderly behavior,” rendering the proposal largely symbolic given the two-thirds voting threshold.
Verbatim Quotes
- “Jamie Raskin, a Loser in Life, who worked endlessly during my First Term to impeach me, and failed miserably, wasting the Country’s money, time, and effort, will guaranteed be trying to do it again, despite one of the most successful Presidencies in History.” — Donald Trump, Truth Social
- “If Biden didn’t give him a pardon, he’d be in jail right now!” — Donald Trump, Truth Social
- “Stop committing impeachable offenses, stop committing high crimes and misdemeanors,” — Jamie Raskin, All In with Chris Hayes
- “Jamie Raskin is already leading a plot to impeach the President if Democrats take the House,” — Mark Levin, X
Future Outlook
Speaker Mike Johnson is reportedly open to a measure that would expunge Trump’s prior impeachments. Expelling Raskin would still need a two-thirds vote, making passage uncertain.
