The National Museum of History of the United States of Smithsonian eliminated the references to the two political trial procedures of President Donald Trump of an exhibition on the “limits of presidential power,” confirmed a Smithsonian spokesman for ABC News. The spokesman said that a future exhibition will include all presidential trials.
The museum decided to “restore” the section of a permanent exhibition to its “appearance in 2008” because several themes had not been updated since that year and, therefore, eliminated Trump’s references, said ABC News spokesman on Thursday to ABC News.
Trump is the only president of the United States who has been accused twice.
“When reviewing our recently inherited content, it was clear that the ‘limits of presidential power’ in the US Presidency: an glorious load display had to approach. The section of this exhibition covers the Congress, the Supreme Court, the accusation and public opinion,” said the spokesman.
The exhibition now only includes references to political trial procedures against Presidents Andrew Johnson in 1868, Richard Nixon in 1973 and Bill Clinton in 1998. Nixon is the only president of the United States to resign after the beginning of the political trial procedures.
National Museum of American History of Smithsonian in Washington.
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While he served as the 45th President of the United States, Congress first accused Trump twice during his first term, and the first procedure began on December 18, 2019 for positions of abuse of power and obstruction in relation to an alleged call from Quid Pro quo with the Ukrainian President. Trump was acquitted when the trial concluded in the Senate on February 5, 2020.
After the insurrection of January 6, 2021 at the United States Capitol, Trump was accused for the second time on January 13, 2021, for the position of incitement to the insurrection, but again he was acquitted on February 13, 2021, days after he left the position after losing the election of 2020 before President Joe Biden.
Trump denied all irregularities in his two cases of political trial.
After Trump’s first political trial procedure, Smithsonian launched a statement On January 21, 2020, on the collection of objects with respect to Trump’s accusation.
The statement said that as the National Museum of American History of the Smithsonian “actively participates”, with history, the curators are following Trump’s dismissal judgment and will determine “what objects these historical events better represent for their inclusion in the National Collection.”
Smithsonian spokesman said Thursday that the museum “installed a temporary label in the content related to the accusation of Donald J. Trump” in September 2021, that “I intended to be a short -term measure to address current events at that time, however, the label remained in force until July 2025.”
“A great permanent gallery such as the US presidency that opened in 2000, requires a significant amount of time and funds to update and renew. A future and updated exhibition will include all accusations,” added the spokesman, explaining the elimination of Trump’s references.
An online description of the Smithsonian’s exhibition website He still refers to Trump’s two policies from Friday morning.
The elimination of Trump’s accusation references was first informed by The Washington Post Thursday. The report cited “a person familiar with the exhibition plans, who was not authorized to discuss them publicly”, who told The Post that “the change arose as part of a content review that the Smithsonian agreed to undertake after the pressure of the White House to eliminate an art museum director.”
First power pages in the Newseum are exhibited in Washington on December 19, 2019, after the accusation of President Donald Trump by the House of Representatives, on December 18, 2019.
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Asked by ABC News about this claim, Smithsonian’s spokesman did not comment immediately.
The Smithsonian affirmed his autonomy of external influences on June 9 statement After President Trump announced that he fired the Head of the National Gallery of Portraits Kim Sajet for allegedly being a “very partisan person.” Sajet resigned on June 13, a Smithsonian spokesman confirmed to ABC News.
An article of trial for incitement to insurrection against President Donald Trump is at a table in the United States Capitol on January 13, 2021 in Washington.
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“Throughout its history, the Smithsonian has been governed and administered by a Board of Regents and a Secretary. The Board is trusted with the governance and independence of the institution, and the Board appoints a secretary to administer the institution. All personnel decisions are taken by and subject to the direction of the secretary, with the carelessness of the Board. Said state said.
“The Regent Board undertakes to ensure that the Smithsonian is a free scholarship of political or partisan influence, and we recognize that our institution can and should do more to promote these fundamental values,” added the Smithsonian.
Trump signed an executive order in March by placing Vice President JD Vance in charge of supervising efforts to “eliminate inappropriate ideology” of all areas of the Smithsonian and specific funds for programs that advance “divisive narratives” and “inappropriate ideology”.
The order – called “Restoring the truth and sanity to American history” – Aimed at the Secretary of Vance and the Department of the Interior, Doug Burgum, to restore parks, monuments, memorials and federal statues “that have been eliminated or changed incorrectly in the last five years to perpetuate a false review of the story or minimize or underreiate incorrectly certain figures or historical events.”
