The $30 million question: Voiding first-term impeachments

US President Donald Trump has been pushing lawmakers to void his first-term impeachments,with the White House blasting 'deranged Democrats' for their 'phony attacks.' Trump believes the impeachments were unfair political attacks against his presidency and wants lawmakers to pass a resolution aimed at voiding them.

According to the White House, Trump told the Wall Street Journal that Congress should work to correct what he believes were unfair political attacks against his presidency. 'It should be done because I did nothing wrong. It was a rigged deal-it was a whole rigged situation,' he told the newspaper.

Who is the unnamed buyer? Speaker Mike Johnson's stance

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has suggested he would be in favor of such a move, which has been percolating in Congress the past month. Johnson believes that the more evidence comes out, the more they know that the impeachments were sham impeachments.

'I think it makes a lot of sense the more the evidence comes out, the more we know they really were sham impeachments,' Johnson said, adding that it was 'a priority and something Congress should make right.'

The Senate's three-vote margin: A familiar pattern from the 2019 crash

In April, a measure was introduced to do so by Republican Darrell Issa, alongside 23 GOP co-sponsors. 'We were saying it at the time, now we know. And they make a very compelling case that it should be expunged from the record, because it was a hyperpartisan attack job,' Johnson said.

Trump also hit out against Jamie Raskin, a Democrat Congressman from Maryland who the President believes will impeach him again if the Democrats take back the House. 'If Biden didn't give him a pardon, he'd be in jail right now! Something should be done about people like this who do bad things, but always come up on the short end because of their illegal or unscrupulous behavior, and hurt our Country in the process,' Trump said on Truth Social Thursday night .

What auditors flagged in the May filing: A resolution with little legal significance

The resolution would allow Trump to claim a symbolic victory on a matter that has dogged him since his first term, but would have little legal significance since the Constitution proivdes no procedure for undoing an impeachment.

Trump was impeached twice by the US House of Representatives during his first four years in office. The first alleged an abuse of power, and he was acquitted in early 2020. The second accused him of incitement of insurrection over the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol by his supporters.

Broader context: A familiar pattern from the 2019 crash

The Republican Party remains in the majority in the House and Senate until at least the midterms, and Trump's grip on the GOP has never been stronger. The President's revenge tour has cost another political career Tuesday night, with Representative Nancy Mace coming in dead last in the South Carolina GOP gubernatorial primary, which is heading to a runoff.

Trump has been mostly successful with his endorsement kick, killing the political careers of several high-profile Republicans, including Texas Senator John Cornyn, with his endorsement of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. He also was able to get rid of Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy, after endorsing Representative Julia Letlow.

Open questions: Who is the unnamed buyer?

The resolution would allow Trump to claim a symbolic victory on a matter that has dogged him since his first term , but would have little legal significance since the Constitution provides no procedure for undoing an impeachment.

Trump was impeached twice by the US House of Representatives during his first four years in office. The first alleged an abuse of power, and he was acquitted in early 2020. The second accused him of incitement of insurrection over the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol by his supporters.