“Impeaching James E. Boasberg, United States District Court Chief Judge for the District of Columbia, for high crimes and misdemeanors.”
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This section impeaches James E. Boasberg, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (appointed March 14, 2011), for high crimes and misdemeanors and exhibits an article of impeachment to the United States Senate.
This section charges Chief Judge James E. Boasberg with abuse of power for authorizing nondisclosure orders related to subpoenas issued by Special Counsel John L. Smith in connection with an FBI investigation codenamed ARCTIC FROST; asserts these orders covered specified Members of Congress (e.g., Senators Marsha Blackburn, Ted Cruz, Lindsey Graham, Bill Hagerty, Josh Hawley, Ron Johnson, Cynthia Lummis, Rick Scott, Dan Sullivan, and Tommy Tuberville, and Representative Mike Kelly), conservative nonprofits (e.g., Conservative Partnership Institute), and individuals (e.g., Jeffrey Clark, John Eastman); claims the orders violate Article I, Section 6, Clause 1 of the Constitution and 2 U.S.C. § 6628; and declares him guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors warranting removal from office.