A House Republican is moving to impeach the federal judge who ordered the Trump administration to stop some of its deportation flights.
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FIRSTONFOX:AHouseGOPlawmakerhasfiledimpeachmentarticlesagainstthefederaljudgewhoorderedtheTrumpadministrationtostopdeportationflightsbeingconductedundertheAlienEnemiesAct.
“Forthepastseveralweeks,we’veseenseveralrogueactivistjudgestrytoimpedethepresidentfromexercising,notonlythemandatevotersgavehim,buthisdemocraticandconstitutionalauthoritytokeeptheAmericanpeoplesafe,”Rep.BrandonGill,R-Texas,toldFoxNewsDigital.“Thisisanotherexampleofaroguejudgeoversteppinghis…authority.”
Gill’sresolution,firstobtainedbyFoxNewsDigital,accusedU.S.DistrictCourtJudgeJamesBoasbergofabusinghispowerinlevyinganemergencypauseontheTrumpadministration’splanstodeportillegalimmigrantsunderawartimeauthorityfirstissuedin1798,whichPresidentDonaldTrumprecentlyinvokedtogetmembersofthecriminalVenezuelangangTrendeAraguaoutoftheU.S.
“ChiefJudgeBoasbergreq