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A majority of voters say they support impeaching James Boasberg, the federal judge linked to the Biden administration\u2019s \u201cArctic Frost\u201d investigation, which reportedly involved surveillance of Republican<\/p>\n
According to a Rasmussen Reports telephone and online survey, 67% of likely U.S. voters view \u201cArctic Frost\u201d as a serious scandal, with 43% describing it as \u201cvery serious.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, 26% of respondents said they do not consider the controversy serious, including 12% who said it is \u201cnot at all\u201d serious,\u00a0Just the News reported.<\/p>\n
The survey comes amid a GOP-led effort to make Boasberg the first impeached judge since 2010. A total of 15 federal judges have been impeached by the House, but only eight were removed by the Senate.<\/p>\n
Republican lawmakers in the House want to move against Boasberg after revelations that he and Judge Beryl Howell issued non-disclosure orders shielding nearly 200 subpoenas targeting Republican organizations, officials, and donors under former Special Counsel Jack Smith, who was appointed by the Biden Justice Department.<\/p>\n
Last week, Rep. Brandon Gill (R-Texas) said he is drafting articles of impeachment against Boasberg. Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) also signaled his intent to pursue impeachment. It is not yet clear whether Howell will also face similar action, The National Pulse\u00a0<\/p>\n
The outlet added that Smith issued 197 subpoenas affecting more than 430 Republican groups and individuals as part of what is being described as the \u201cArctic Frost\u201d probe. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) called the investigation a \u201cfishing expedition\u201d targeting the Republican political apparatus.<\/p>\n
Among the subpoenas were requests for telecom companies to hand over cell data from about a dozen Republican lawmakers. The disclosure orders signed by Boasberg and Howell prevented the companies from notifying the affected members.<\/p>\n
\u201cRadical activist judge James Boasberg continues to weaponize his judicial authority and target his political opponents,\u201d Gill said in a statement. \u201cJudge Boasberg facilitated the egregious Arctic Frost scandal, where he equipped the Biden DOJ to spy on Republican senators. His lack of integrity makes him clearly unfit for the gavel.\u201d<\/p>\n
Boasberg, appointed by former President Barack Obama, serves as chief judge for the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. He has faced criticism in the past for rulings that affected Trump administration policies.<\/p>\n
According to reports, the subpoenas targeted political vendors and financial institutions linked to Trump-aligned PACs, suggesting that Smith\u2019s office sought to trace potential monetary connections between consulting firms, advisors, and nonprofits. The goal appeared to be establishing grounds for possible RICO charges if prosecutors had secured a conviction against Trump.<\/p>\n
In March, Representative Andy Biggs of Arizona introduced a resolution to remove Judge Boasberg from office under Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution \u2014 an approach that would bypass impeachment and the two-thirds vote required in the Senate, JustTheNews\u00a0<\/p>\n
Biggs said federal judges \u201cserve during good behavior\u201d and argued that Congress has the authority to remove those who fail to meet that standard.<\/p>\n
\u201cMost Americans believe that there is lifetime tenure for a federal judge. That unless impeached, a federal judge can serve until death,\u201d Biggs told Just the News. \u201cBut lifetime tenure is not guaranteed, nor mentioned, in the Constitution. Article III, Section 1 permits a federal judge to serve only \u2018during good behavior.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Boasberg had previously blocked President Trump from using the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport illegal immigrants alleged to be members of the Venezuelan gang\u00a0Tren de Aragua<\/em>. He ordered government planes en route to El Salvador carrying the alleged gang members to return to the United States.<\/p>\n Biggs said such actions exceeded judicial authority and interfered with presidential powers over foreign policy and national security.<\/p>\n \u201cMaybe firing such a judge could be the answer,\u201d Biggs said. \u201cIt would certainly be specific deterrence that would prevent that type of misconduct from such a judge. And it would provide general deterrence in that all other federal judges would think more about applying the law to the case rather than attempting to twist the law so that the judge can attack a political adversary.\u201d<\/p>\n members of Congress.<\/p>\n Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is getting hammered from his own party for his leadership after eight members of the Senate Democratic Caucus voted with Republicans on Sunday to move forward with an agreement to end the 40-day government shutdown, even though Schumer didn\u2019t want them to.<\/p>\n The longest government shutdown in history, which lasted 40 days, has caused a lot of problems around the country. Airlines have canceled flights, federal workers haven\u2019t been paid, and food assistance programs are stuck in legal battles. More than 25 states are warning of \u201ccatastrophic operational disruptions.\u201d<\/p>\n On Sunday, seven Democratic senators and one independent who supported Democrats voted with Republicans to get the 60 votes needed to pass the deal. It did not meet the main Democratic demand to prolong the increased Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits that would sunset on January 1.<\/p>\n People were upset with Schumer because he couldn\u2019t get Democrats to agree on a plan, which shows how tensions are rising in the party as it gets ready for the midterm elections next year.Democrats have been asking for an extension of the ACA tax credits that help millions of Americans purchase health insurance. The arrangement on Sunday only included a promise from Republicans to conduct a vote on the health care subsidies that are about to run out by mid-December.<\/p>\n In March, Schumer\u2019s party members were angry with him for supporting a Republican-led continuing resolution, a stopgap funding package, that didn\u2019t put any limits on President Donald Trump or Elon Musk\u2019s plans to break up federal agencies and change how the government works.<\/p>\n Now, Schumer is facing fury from his own party after caving on Sunday night.<\/p>\n California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is tipped as a possible presidential contender in 2028, did not mention Schumer by name in a post on X but said, \u201cThe American people need more from their leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cTonight\u2019s Senate vote on the federal government shutdown should have been a time for strength. Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans,\u201d Newsom said.<\/p>\n Representative Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, called for Schumer to go.<\/p>\n \u201cSenator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can\u2019t lead the fight to stop health care premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?\u201d Khanna said in a post on X.<\/p>\n Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York also questioned the party leadership in a post on X: \u201cPeople want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It\u2019s about people\u2019s lives. Working people want leaders whose word means something.<\/p>\n Representative Seth Moulton, a Massachusetts Democratic who is also eyeing a place in the Senate, called for new leaders in the party: \u201cTonight is another example of why we need new leadership. If Chuck Schumer were an effective leader, he would have united his caucus to vote \u2018No\u2019 tonight and hold the line on healthcare.\u201d<\/p>\n Adam Cochran, policy consultant and independent investigative journalist, said shortly before Sunday\u2019s vote: \u201cSchumer organized this, and then is voting no last second, and letting retiring Dems take the heat. If this goes through, that needs to be the end of Schumer leadership regardless of how he votes. He\u2019s the minority leader, the buck stops at him.\u201d<\/p>\n Ron Filipkowski, editor-in-chief of the liberal news outlet MeidasTouch: \u201cPlease don\u2019t think this beltway game of having retiring Dem senators vote yes while everyone else votes no is going to shield leadership from the end result. We see what is happening and can\u2019t be fooled by those games.\u201d<\/p>\n James D. Boys, senior research fellow at University College London\u2019s Center on U.S. Politics, said on X: \u201cEarlier in the year Schumer caved to Trump and was derided by the left of his party. Tonight he has been defied by a core group of his caucus after the longest shut down in U.S. history and is derided by the left of his party\u2026. Different tactics, same result.\u201d<\/p>\n It would be a \u201chorrific mistake\u201d for Democrats to give up now without an Obamacare deal, said Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont.<\/p>\n \u201cIf Democrats cave on this issue, what it will say to Donald Trump is that he has a green light to go forward toward authoritarianism,\u201d Sanders said. \u201cAnd I think that would be a tragedy for this country.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A majority of voters say they support impeaching James Boasberg, the federal judge linked to the Biden administration\u2019s \u201cArctic Frost\u201d investigation, which reportedly involved surveillance of Republican According to a Rasmussen Reports…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t