Trump says another impeachment could open criminal cases against Clinton, Obama and Biden

 October 16, 2026

President Trump told Newsmax he still holds damaging information on Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and Joe Biden, and warned another impeachment try could reverse his decision to leave them alone.

In an exclusive interview on Newsmax’s Finnerty program, President Donald Trump said he previously turned down going after former Democratic leaders, but that a fresh impeachment push could change that stance. He claimed he still possesses a large amount of information on Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden and said he could still use it.

Kurdistan 24 reported that Trump tied any future action to Democrats’ willingness to try impeachment again, while stressing he had held back until now.

Trump did not spell out the information or any specific charges. He framed the choice as one he had already made once, and could revisit if the political fight turned back toward removal from office.

Trump says he passed on criminal and reputation hits before

On the program hosted by Rob Finnerty, Trump described options he said he had declined.

Trump told the host:

"I turned down going after Hillary Clinton. I'm talking about go after them criminally, or I could have done something having to do with their reputations, destroyed their reputations. We have a lot of information about Hillary. We have a lot of information about Barack Hussein Obama. We have a lot of information on Sleepy Joe Biden,"

He went further on what he said he could still do:

"I could have done numbers on Hillary Clinton. I could have done numbers on Bill Clinton. I do like Bill Clinton. I could have done numbers on Barack Hussein Obama. Still could, I still could, I could do big numbers if I wanted to,"

When Finnerty asked whether he intended to act, Trump answered:

"Well, I mean, I guess not. Probably not. But I think if they impeach me again, you know, again."

The host interjected that things could get ugly. Trump did not dispute that characterization, the report said.

October remarks and the “respect for the presidency” line

Trump made similar comments at an Oval Office event on October 7. There he said he had refrained from pursuing political opponents out of respect for the presidency.

The Newsmax interview put a sharper condition on that restraint. Another impeachment effort, he suggested, would reopen the question.

He also dismissed the grounds Democrats might use. Trump said:

"The only thing they can impeach me for is making our country really strong,"

He was impeached twice in his first administration and acquitted both times by the Senate. The report treated a third attempt as a live political threat tied to the midterm fight for Congress.

Democrats keep impeachment on the table without locking it in

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said last month that Democrats had neither ruled out nor committed to pursuing impeachment. House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar has said impeachment is not a top priority for his party.

That split message matters. Democrats are trying to retake the House and Senate in the midterms, set for November 3 in the report. Control of the House is the practical gateway to any new impeachment vote. Leaving the door cracked lets the threat hang over the campaign without forcing a public pledge.

Trump argued a new impeachment drive could backfire on Democrats and help Republicans politically. He is campaigning hard for GOP candidates and described his own role in blunt terms.

"What I'm trying to do is be on the ticket, essentially. I mean, I'm running like I'm on the ticket," he said.

He said he planned to campaign twice in Michigan before Election Day and was considering appearances in Minnesota.

Poll claims and the missing details

Trump also attacked major polling organizations. He said surveys are rigged, sometimes showing him so far ahead that voters stay home, and sometimes showing him losing. The report stated he did not provide evidence for that claim.

His words on the subject:

"No, they're rigged. They're rigged polls. In some cases, they have me leading by so much that people aren't going to vote. And in some cases, they have me losing,"

What the interview did not deliver is a public inventory of the “information” Trump says he holds on Clinton, Obama, and Biden, or any filing, charge, or investigative step tied to it. The warning stood as a political signal: prior restraint is not a permanent grant of immunity if Democrats return to impeachment.

Voters heading into November now have a clear marker from the president. He says he stayed his hand once out of respect for the office. He also says a third impeachment fight would put that decision back on the table, with Clinton, Obama, and Biden named as the targets of the leverage he claims to still hold.

Accountability only works one way if Democrats can threaten impeachment while their own former leaders face no hard questions in return.


About Owen Bates

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