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IMPEACHMENT ARTICLES FILED: House GOP Lawmaker Goes After Judge for Blocking Deportation Flights: Report

posted by Hannity Staff - 3.18.25

According to a Fox News report, Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) has filed articles of impeachment against James Boasberg, the district judge trying to prevent President Trump’s deportation flights.

“For the past several weeks, we’ve seen several rogue activist judges try to impede the president from exercising, not only the mandate voters gave him, but his democratic and constitutional authority to keep the American people safe,” Gill told Fox News Digital. “This is another example of a rogue judge overstepping his…authority.”

Gill’s resolution, first reported by Fox News Digital, accuses U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg of overstepping his authority by halting the Trump administration’s plan to deport illegal immigrants.

The plan, based on a wartime authority from 1798, was recently invoked by President Trump to remove members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua from the U.S.

“Chief Judge Boasberg required President Trump to turn around planes midair that had aliens associated with Tren De Aragua, a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization,” the resolution said. “This conduct jeopardizes the safety of the nation, represents an abuse of judicial power, and is detrimental to the orderly functioning of the judiciary. Using the powers of his office, Chief Judge Boasberg has attempted to seize power from the Executive Branch and interfere with the will of the American people.”

From Fox News:

In a brief interview with Fox News Digital shortly before filing his resolution, Gill suggested he wanted the matter to go through the House in traditional form – which would first put the resolution in front of the House Judiciary Committee, where Gill is a member.

“I’ll be talking to [Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio] about it,” Gill said. “I think the best way to do this…is to go through the judiciary committee, which is where impeachment of judges runs through. I think the more we can stick with that plan, the better.”

A legal firestorm is brewing after Boasberg verbally issued a 14-day restraining order Saturday night to immediately halt the Trump administration’s Tren De Aragua deportation plan. It comes in response to human rights groups arguing that Venezuelan nationals with legitimate asylum claims are in danger of being swept up in the deportations, despite having no known connection to the notorious gang.

The Texas Republican, who is class president for first-term members in the 119th Congress, first threatened to file impeachment articles against Boasberg on Sunday. Trump backed the move on Tuesday morning in a fiery post on his Truth Social account.

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