Things are heating up…
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump called for the impeachment of a judge in a Truth Social post, referring to U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg who recently sought to block deportation flights to El Salvador.
“This Radical Left Lunatic of a Judge, a troublemaker and agitator who was sadly appointed by Barack Hussein Obama, was not elected President – He didnโt WIN the popular VOTE (by a lot!), he didnโt WIN ALL SEVEN SWING STATES, he didnโt WIN 2,750 to 525 Counties, HE DIDNโT WIN ANYTHING! I WON FOR MANY REASONS, IN AN OVERWHELMING MANDATE, BUT FIGHTING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION MAY HAVE BEEN THE NUMBER ONE REASON FOR THIS HISTORIC VICTORY,” Trump declared in the post.
“Iโm just doing what the VOTERS wanted me to do. This judge, like many of the Crooked Judgesโ I am forced to appear before, should be IMPEACHED!!! WE DONโT WANT VICIOUS, VIOLENT, AND DEMENTED CRIMINALS, MANY OF THEM DERANGED MURDERERS, IN OUR COUNTRY. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!” the president added.
Over the weekend, Republican Rep. Brandon Gill (Texas) said he would be pushing to impeach the federal judge who ordered the Trump administration to halt deportations of Venezuelan gang members.
โIโll be filing Articles of Impeachment against activist judgeย James Boasbergย this week,โ Gill wrote in aย post on X.
On Saturday,ย President Trumpย invoked theย Alien Enemies Act of 1798. The order was intended to target members of the Tren de Aragua gang, who Trump said could be arrested, restrained and removed from the country. The moment marked only the third time the wartime act has been used and the first time since World War II.
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg had earlier orderedย a temporary blockย on the deportation of five of the groupโs members, which prompted Trump to issue the proclamation.
The editorial board of The New York Post also hammered billionaire Elon Musk for calling to impeach Judge Boasberg, calling the move “way out of line.”
โElon Musk is way out of his lane in cheering a bid to impeach federal Judge James Boasberg, whoโs put a temporary hold on deportation flights of illegal migrant gangbangers,โ the editorial board wrote in their Sunday piece, which was highlighted by Mediaite.
โWe like the idea of the flights: The brutes of Tren de Aragua and MS-13 have had it too easy for far too long, and current efforts to get tough are a necessary correction to Biden-era denial,โ they added
โThe case seems destined to go all the way to the Supreme Court. Can the feds simply declare anyone a TdA member before putting them on a plane off to an El Salvadoran prison?โ the Post editorial board questioned in their piece.
โWhich makes it just plain silly for Musk to tweet โnecessaryโ of a Texas repโs plan to file to impeach the judge: Itโs nothing of the kind, and cheering it only makes Musk look reckless โ a reputation he doesnโt need when many DOGE actions also face court challenge,โ they added.