Rep Brandon Gill introduces articles of impeachment against judge who ordered deportation flights of gang members stopped

Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) has filed articles of impeachment against US District Court Judge James Boasberg after the judge ordered that the Trump administration return planes full of deported gang members to the US after they were deported to El Salvador where they are being held in prison.

Gill filed the articles of impeachment on Tuesday, as first reported by the Daily Wire, saying, “We will not stand by as radical activist Judge James Boasberg tramples on the Constitution out of political spite for the President. The American people gave us a mandate to get criminal illegal aliens out of our country, and that’s exactly what we intend to do."

Boasberg ruled on Saturday that he would have to return the gang members so that he could review if Trump could deport the gang members using the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, which Trump invoked on Saturday.

"Judge Boasberg has gravely overstepped his authority, usurping the Constitutional power of the Commander in Chief. President Trump is securing America’s neighborhoods, restoring safety for men, women, and children who call this nation home. We will not tolerate radical, politically motivated judges illegally and unconstitutionally stopping the President from carrying out his mandate," the lawmaker added.

Gill wrote on X, "I just introduced Articles of Impeachment against radical activist Judge James Boasberg. He is guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors and should be removed from office."

Co-sponsors to the articles of impeachment included Reps. Eli Crane, Buddy Carter, Mike Collins, Barry Moore, and Andrew Clyde. The articles of impeachment accused Boasberg of "abuse of power" because of his order, and stated, "Chief Judge Boasberg, in violation of his oath of office, did knowingly and willfully use his judicial position to advance political gain while interfering with the President's constitutional prerogatives and enforcement of the rule of law."

Boasberg on Saturday evening gave an oral order for the Trump administration to return planes to the United States that had 261 foreign nationals that the Trump administration has said are gang members in Tren de Aragua or MS-13. However, the administration said that the gang members were already in the air and outside of US airspace by the time the written order was filed by the judge. 

After a Monday hearing where the judge called for the Trump administration provide more documentation on the deportations, Trump called for the impeachment of Boasberg on Truth Social, writing, "This judge, like many of the Crooked Judges’ I am forced to appear before, should be IMPEACHED!!! WE DON’T WANT VICIOUS, VIOLENT, AND DEMENTED CRIMINALS, MANY OF THEM DERANGED MURDERERS, IN OUR COUNTRY. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!"