Another congressman is filing articles of impeachment for another activist judge who ruled against the Trump Administration’s effort to end wasteful government spending of Americans’ hard-earning tax dollars.
Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ) is introducing articles of impeachment for U.S. District Court Judge Paul Engelmayer, who issued a preliminary injunction blocking the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from reviewing the spending records of the U.S. Treasury Department.
Engelmayer is just one of a host of activist judges issuing rulings preventing the Trump Administration – especially the Elon Musk-led DOGE – from reigning in wasteful government spending.
Democrats are desperately trying to stop the administration’s work to “make sure that we’re not spending money on the same type of woke nonsense that we saw at USAID,” Rep. Crane explained Wednesday in an interview announcing his articles to impeach Engelmayer:
“I think that’s exactly why the Democrats are freaking out.
“That’s exactly why these judges are trying to stop President Trump, because they know that this false system – when you look at the Department of Defense, USAID, the Treasury or anywhere else – you start picking up rocks, you’re going to find the same type of fraud, waste and abuse.”
Last night, I joined @mattgaetz to discuss articles of impeachment filed against partisan judges by @Rep_Clyde and myself.
— Rep. Eli Crane (@RepEliCrane) February 13, 2025
We also reviewed the current state of the reconciliation process.@POTUS is dismantling the administrative state, and Congress needs to back him up. pic.twitter.com/fOLwuOEKbx
Activist judges are Democrats’ only hope to prevent wasteful government spending from being brought to light, Rep. Crane said:
“They really have no other option but to try to stop the amazing work that President Trump and his team and Elon Musk are doing exposing so much fraud, waste and abuse in transparency to the American people. And so, they’re going to try to stop it through the judicial system with activist judges.”
“And many of us just aren’t going to sit back and watch that,” Crane told host and former Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL).
“I think we’re creating some momentum,” Rep. Crane said, noting that a fellow congressman is introducing articles of impeachment against another judge:
“Andrew Clyde, your former colleague from Georgia, dropped his own impeachment resolution today. And, you know, we have that constitutional power.”
“I’m drafting articles of impeachment for U.S. District Judge John McConnell Jr.,” Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) announced Wednesday in a post on Musk’s X.com social media platform:
“He’s a partisan activist weaponizing our judicial system to stop President Trump’s funding freeze on woke and wasteful government spending.
“We must end this abusive overreach. Stay tuned.”
On Monday, Judge McConnell issued a ruling blocking Pres. Trump’s freeze on federal funding while DOGE reviews government spending for waste. In his ruling, McConnell ordered any paused funding to be released.