appeared crafted to direct the Smithsonian to soften or distort forthright discussions<\/a> about certain aspects of American history, which could include the legacy of racism in the United States and parts of Trump\u2019s own history-making but controversial first term.\n <\/p>\n\n The exhibit had last been updated in 2008 and included information about the impeachments of Presidents Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton, and the impeachment process against President Richard Nixon, who resigned over the Watergate scandal before he could be formally impeached.\n <\/p>\n
\n Trump is the only president in American history to be impeached twice; in 2019 on charges alleging he unlawfully solicited Ukraine to influence the 2020 presidential election, and in 2021 for his actions related to the insurrection at the US Capitol that year. He was acquitted both times by the Senate.\n <\/p>\n
\n In September 2021, the Smithsonian placed a board over the exhibit which read: \u201cCase under redesign (history happens*)\u201d and referenced Trump\u2019s two impeachments.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cOn December 18, 2019, the House impeached Donald Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress,\u201d the reference to Trump\u2019s first impeachment read. \u201cThe charges focused on the president\u2019s solicitation of foreign influence in the 2020 presidential election and his defiance of Congressional subpoenas. President Trump was acquitted in January 2020.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cOn January 13, 2021, Donald Trump became the first president to be impeached twice,\u201d the reference to his second impeachment read. \u201cThe charge was incitement of insurrection, based on repeated \u2018false statements\u2019 challenging the 2020 election results and his January 6 speech that \u2018encouraged \u2014 and foreseeably resulted in \u2014 lawless action at the Capitol. Because Trump\u2019s term ended on January 20, his acquittal on February 13 made him the first former president tried by the Senate.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
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\n The Smithsonian said in a statement that the board \u201cwas intended to be a short-term measure to address current events at the time, however, the label remained in place until July 2025.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n The statement added: \u201cA large permanent gallery like The American Presidency that opened in 2000, requires significant amount of time and funding to update and renew. A future and updated exhibit will include all impeachments.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n The statement did not say when the exhibit would be updated.\n <\/p>\n
\n Asked about the removal of references to Trump\u2019s impeachment, a White House spokesperson said in a statement, \u201cUnfortunately for far too long the Smithsonian museums have highlighted divisive, DEI exhibits which are out of touch with mainstream America.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe are fully supportive of updating displays to highlight American greatness,\u201d spokesperson Davis Ingle said. \u201cThe Trump administration will continue working to ensure that the Smithsonian removes all improper ideology and once again unites and instills pride in all Americans regarding our great history.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n Trump\u2019s order aimed at the Smithsonian is just one example of his efforts to exert his influence on American cultural, athletic and artistic institutions and browbeat them into eliminating aspects of their work.\n <\/p>\n
\n They include his efforts to take over the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, to have the Washington Commanders football team to revert back to their old name and to stop the participation of transgender people in women\u2019s sports.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Donald Trump US elections Congressional news January 6th See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link The Smithsonian\u2019s National…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39895,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-39894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}