Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut is sounding open to the prospect of a third impeachment trial for President Trump if Democrats regain control of the House in November’s midterm elections.
“I know that this president has committed 10 times more impeachable offenses in his second term as he did in his first term,” he said.
Mr. Murphy, who is thought to be considering a long-shot Democratic presidential bid in 2028, accused Mr. Trump of “stealing from the American people” and running an administration steeped in corruption.
“The House will make their own determination,” he said. “But I don’t think it’s any secret that the president’s level of corruption and illegality is nuclear grade in his second term compared to his first term.”
Mr. Trump is the only president to be impeached twice — first in 2019 over allegations he sought help from Ukraine to investigate the Biden family and second after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, when he was accused of trying to block the peaceful transfer of power to Joseph R. Biden. The Republican-controlled Senate voted to acquit Mr. Trump in both cases.
Mr. Trump recently told Republican lawmakers that they must retain control of the House because he expects Democrats to impeach him again if they retake the House.
“You got to win the midterms, because if we don’t win the midterms, it’s just going to be … I mean, they’ll find a reason to impeach me,” Mr Trump said at a GOP retreat.” I’ll get impeached.”
The GOP‑led House last year rejected a pair of Democratic attempts to launch impeachment proceedings against the president.
