The Smithsonian Institution has reinstalled material referencing President Donald Trump’s two impeachments at an exhibit related to the presidency at the National Museum of American History – but there have been some changes made to the prior text.
As CNN previously reported, the museum last month removed a temporary placard referencing Trump’s two impeachments from the exhibit, which described and contained artifacts related to the impeachments of presidents Bill Clinton and Andrew Johnson and the impeachment process against Richard Nixon.
The removal of the placard prompted public outcry against the museum and claims it was capitulating to Trump. The president earlier this year signed an executive order accusing the museum of promoting a “divisive” ideology and directing it to make changes to its programming.
In follow-up statements, the museum system insisted the placard’s removal was temporary and denied it had been pressured by any government official to make changes to its exhibits.
The exhibit now is set up in a way that places information about Trump’s two impeachments in a lower spot than they had been previously. The old placard, which had been installed in September 2021, blocked the view of much of the rest of the exhibit, which includes pieces like the filing cabinet damaged by political operatives working under Nixon during the Watergate era and the Starr report which cited grounds for impeachment against Clinton for actions stemming from his affair with Monica Lewinsky.
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