119-hres858

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 858 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
H. RES. 858

Impeaching James E. Boasberg, United States District Court Chief Judge 
 for the District of Columbia, for high crimes and misdemeanors.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 November 4, 2025

 Mr. Gill of Texas (for himself, Mr. Roy, Mr. Fine, Mr. Donalds, Ms. 
 Boebert, Mrs. Luna, Mr. Biggs of Arizona, Mr. Self, Mr. Stutzman, Mr. 
Crane, Mr. Ogles, and Mr. Collins) submitted the following resolution; 
 which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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 RESOLUTION

Impeaching James E. Boasberg, United States District Court Chief Judge 
 for the District of Columbia, for high crimes and misdemeanors.

 Resolved, That James E. Boasberg, Chief Judge, United States Court 
for the District of Columbia, is impeached for high crimes and 
misdemeanors, and that the following article of impeachment be 
exhibited to the United States Senate.
 Article of impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives 
of the United States of America in the name of itself and of the people 
of the United States of America, against James E. Boasberg, who was 
appointed, duly qualified, and commissioned to serve, during good 
behavior in office, to be United States District Judge for the District 
of Columbia on March 14, 2011.

 article i: abuse of power

 Ignoring his responsibility to wield the power of his office in a 
constitutional manner, Chief Judge Boasberg granted Special Counsel 
John L. Smith authorization to issue frivolous nondisclosure orders in 
furtherance of the Federal Bureau of Investigation project codenamed 
ARCTIC FROST. These nondisclosure orders covered Members of Congress 
who were acting in accord with their legislative duties and privileges 
guaranteed by article 1, 

section 6, clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution. 
Chief Judge Boasberg authorized the issuance of frivolous nondisclosure 
orders covering at least Senator Marsha Blackburn, Senator Ted Cruz, 
Senator Lindsey Graham, Senator Bill Hagerty, Senator Josh Hawley, 
Senator Ron Johnson, Senator Cynthia Lummis, Senator Rick Scott, 
Senator Dan Sullivan, Senator Tommy Tuberville, and Representative Mike 
Kelly. These illegitimate and frivolous nondisclosure orders and 
subpoenas threaten Members of Congress by imposing undue legal scrutiny 
for fulfilling their constitutional duties. Chief Judge Boasberg signed 
an order prohibiting AT&T from informing Senator Cruz of his subpoena 
for at least one year. Chief Judge Boasberg expressed that there were 
``reasonable grounds to believe that such disclosure will result in 
destruction of or tampering with evidence, intimidation of potential 
witnesses, and serious jeopardy to the investigation.'' Chief Judge 
Boasberg had no clear reasonable basis to make this finding about 
Senator Cruz, which accused him of being willing to destroy evidence 
and intimidate witnesses in violation of both the law and Senator 
Cruz's ethical obligation as a member of the Bar.
 2 United States Code 

Sec. 6628 states ``the Office of the SAA, any 
officer, employee, or agent of the Office of the SAA, and any provider 
for a Senate office that is providing services to or used by a Senate 
office shall not be barred, through operation of any court order or any 
statutory provision, from notifying the Senate office of any legal 
process seeking disclosure of Senate data of the Senate office that is 
transmitted, processed, or stored (whether temporarily or otherwise) 
through the use of an electronic system established, maintained, or 
operated, or the use of electronic services provided . . .'' Chief 
Judge Boasberg does not appreciate basic statute and contributed to the 
legal inquiries that violate the law indicating he is unfit to serve as 
Chief Judge.
 It is unclear if Judge Boasberg facilitated the frivolous subpoenas 
issued by Special Counsel John L. Smith which covered conservative 
nonprofit organizations, including but not limited to Conservative 
Partnership Institute, America First Policy Institute, Women for 
America First, and Center for Renewing America. Many of these same 
organizations had been outspoken in opposition to various radical Biden 
Administration policies. It appears that these subpoenas were intended 
to silence political speech.
 In addition, these frivolous subpoenas covered conservative 
activists and patriotic Americans, including Jeffrey Clark, John 
Eastman, Rudy Guiliani, Edward Corrigan, Mark Meadows, Cleta Mitchell, 
Amy Kremer, Kelli Ward, Jenna Ellis, and Wesley Denton. The 
weaponization of the judiciary compromises the separation of powers 
found in the U.S. Constitution, and Chief Judge Boasberg's impropriety 
in participating in the undue investigation of Members of Congress 
casts doubt on his ability to execute his office with good behavior.
 Wherefore, Chief Judge Boasberg is guilty of high crimes and 
misdemeanors and should be removed from office.
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