Showing posts with label Smithsonian impeachment exhibit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Smithsonian impeachment exhibit. Show all posts

Monday, August 4, 2025

Smithsonian to restore Trump to impeachment exhibit ‘in the coming weeks’; The Washington Post, August 2, 2025

, The Washington Post; Smithsonian to restore Trump to impeachment exhibit ‘in the coming weeks’

"The placard mentioning Trump was removed from the exhibition, “The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden,” after what the Smithsonian called a “review” of “legacy content.” A person familiar with the exhibit plans, who was not authorized to discuss them publicly, previously told The Post the placard was removed as part of a content review the Smithsonian undertook following pressure from the White House to remove an art museum director."

Sunday, August 3, 2025

Smithsonian to restore Trump to impeachment exhibit ‘in the coming weeks’; Associated Press via The Guardian, August 2, 2025

Associated Press via The Guardian, The Washington Post ; Smithsonian to restore Trump to impeachment exhibit ‘in the coming weeks’

"The Smithsonian will include Donald Trump’s two impeachments in an updated presentation “in the coming weeks” after references to them were removed, the museum said in a statement Saturday.

That statement from the Washington DC museum also denied that the Trump administration pressured the Smithsonian to remove the references to his impeachments during his first presidency...

Trump is the only president to have been impeached twice. In 2019, he was impeached for pushing Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to investigate Joe Biden, who would later defeat Trump in the 2020 presidential election. And in 2021, he was impeached for “incitement of insurrection,” a reference to the 6 January 2021 attack aimed at the US Capitol by Trump supporters attempting to halt congressional certification of Biden’s victory over him.

The Democratic majority in the House voted each time for impeachment. The Republican-led Senate each time acquitted Trump."