Top US House Republican denies deal with Trump to expunge impeachments

FILE PHOTO: U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy holds a media availability in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, U.S., July 19, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Thursday he did not promise Donald Trump that he would pass a measure aimed at expunging the former president's two impeachments.

"There's no deal," House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told NBC following a report by the Politico news outlet that he had made such an agreement with Trump, the current front-runner for his party's 2024 presidential nomination.