The Smithsonian clarified on Aug. 2 that aesthetic reasons were behind the removal of a placard with references to Trump in an impeachment display.

The Smithsonian Institution has removed a reference to President Donald Trump's impeachments from an exhibit. It says it's temporary.

The Smithsonian Institution has reinstated a museum display about President Donald Trump's two impeachments — but with its language watered down. Until late last month, the institution's National Museum of American History described Trump's second impeachment in 2021 for inciting insurrection as being sparked by "repeated 'false statements' challenging the 2020 election results" and a "speech that 'encouraged and foreseeably resulted in'" the storming of the Capitol.