House Republicans are planning to introduce long-shot articles of impeachment against at least two of the federal judges who have blocked President Trump’s efforts to upend the federal government.
Why it matters: The measures are part of a growing public conflict between Republicans and the federal judiciary as Trump bristles at obstacles to his “government efficiency” agenda.
- Trump further raised the temperature this week by saying at an Oval Office news briefing with DOGE head Elon Musk: “Maybe we have to look at the judges because I think that’s a very serious violation.”
- Vice President J.D. Vance has also suggested that federal judges have been overstepping their authority and “aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power.”
Driving the news: Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) is working on articles of impeachment against U.S. District Court Judge John J. McConnell Jr., who ordered the administration to lift its federal spending freeze, Clyde’s office confirmed to Axios.
Rep. Andrew Clyde is working on introducing articles of impeachment against District Court Judge John McConnell Jr, who ordered the Trump admin to lift its freeze on federal spending. Clyde calledMcConnell a “partisan activist weaponizing our judicial system to stop President Trump’s funding freeze on woke and wasteful government spending.”
Meanwhile, Rep. Eli Crane plans to introduce articles of impeachment against District Court Judge Paul Engelmayer, who blocked Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Treasury records.
Clyde and Crane would need majorities in the House to impeach the judges and two-thirds majorities in the Senate to convict them.
The last successful impeachment of a federal judge came in 2010, for false financial disclosures.
Earlier this week, at a news briefing with Elon Musk, President Trump said the administration would have to consider prosecuting judges for obstruction.
“Maybe we have to look at the judges because I think that’s a very serious violation,” President Trump said.
Vice President JD Vance also said judges should not be “allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power.”
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