Representative Eli Crane (R-AZ) filed articles of impeachment Friday against Obama-appointed U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer after his controversial decision to block the newly established Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing a crucial Treasury payment system.
The ruling came in response to a lawsuit filed by Trump-hating New York Attorney General Letitia James and 18 Democrat state attorneys general infuriated over Trump’s efforts to downsize government.
As The Gateway Pundit recently reported, Crane announced last week that he was drafting the articles against the far-left Judge, calling his decision a “threat to democracy.”
BREAKING: Rep. Eli Crane Drafts ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT Against Obama Appointee Judge Paul Engelmayer
Englemayer is not the only radical partisan judge attempting to block the duly elected President’s agenda. The Gateway Pundit reported that U.S. District Judge John McConnell, another Obama appointee who was caught on video calling President Trump a tyrant and expressing anti-White Critical Race Theory views, recently blocked President Trump’s initiative to freeze federal spending at the behest of Democrat state attorneys general.
The Gateway Pundit reported that Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) has also begun the process of impeaching Judge McConnell. “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,” Clyde said.
On Friday, Eli Crane announced that his impeachment effort was officially started in the House of Representatives.
“If these partisan judges want to be politicians, they should resign and run for office,” Crane said.
UPDATE: My articles of impeachment for U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer are officially filed.
If these partisan judges want to be politicians, they should resign and run for office.
Read more in my press release: https://t.co/jKZUiiHV6p https://t.co/LrTFIeG4Uy
— Rep. Eli Crane (@RepEliCrane) February 21, 2025
Crane issued the following press release:
On February 11, 2025, Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ) announced his intention to introduce articles of impeachment for U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer of the Southern District of New York.
Today, Rep. Crane fulfilled that promise by officially filing articles of impeachment against Judge Engelmayer for high crimes and misdemeanors.
“Activist judges cannot stop the President from executing his Article II powers. White House employees have every right to access the very systems they oversee. President Trump campaigned on rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse from the federal government, and the American people gave him a mandate to do so,” said Rep. Eli Crane. “This is obviously judicial overreach and a clear threat to democracy. If these partisan judges want to be politicians, they should resign and run for office.”
Background:
On February 8, 2025, U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer responded to an overtly political emergency request by 19 Democratic attorneys general aiming to prevent Trump administration officials from accessing a payment system within the Treasury Department.
Judge Engelmayer sided with the states’ assessment and blocked political appointees, including Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, from accessing these records.
Article II, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution states that the President, “shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.” By restricting the Executive Branch from performing its duties, Judge Engelmayer unlawfully violated the separation of powers.
Here is text from the impeachment resolution:
ARTICLE I: ABUSE OF POWER
Judge Paul Engelmayer, in violation of his oath of office, did knowingly and willfully use his judicial position to advance personal interests and political gain.
The Constitution provides that the House of Representatives ‘‘shall have the sole Power of Impeachment’’ and that ‘‘civil Officers of the United States’’, including Federal judges, are subject to impeachment and removal.
Further, the separation of powers under the Constitution grants the President broad authority over the executive branch, including direct control and access to departments, as part of his role in ensuring the administration of laws and policies of the United States.
In his conduct of the office of United States District Court Judge, in which he violated his oath to the Constitution and duty of impartiality to the people of the United States, Paul A. Engelmayer has abused the powers of his judicial authority, having engaged in actions that prioritize personal and political affiliations over the duty of impartiality owed to the public and litigants as follows:
(1) Judge Engelmayer restrained President Trump and Secretary Bessent from granting access to any Department of the Treasury record, payment systems, or any other data systems maintained by the Department of the Treasury containing personally identifiable information or confidential financial information of payees; and
(2) Judge Engelmayer restrained President Trump and Secretary Bessent from granting granting access to all political appointees, special Government employees, and Government employees detailed from another Federal agency, to any Department of the Treasury payment record, payment systems, or any other data systems maintained by the Department of the Treasury containing personally identifiable information.
This conduct has resulted in apparent bias and favoritism, representing an abuse of judicial power and is detrimental to the orderly functioning of the judiciary. Using the powers of his high office, Judge Engelmayer interfered with the will of the people.
In so doing, Judge Engelmayer used the powers of his position to engage in actions that overstep is judicial authority. By making a political decision outside the scope of his legal duties, he compromised the impartiality of our judicial system.
Wherefore, Judge Engelmayer is guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors and should be removed from office.
The Gateway Pundit will continue to provide updates on Representatives Crane and Clyde’s efforts to impeach the radical left judges.
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