众议院保守派人士力推弹劾博阿斯伯格法官

The House Freedom Caucus is rallying behind one of its own members' push to impeach U.S. District Judge James Boasberg.

Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, introduced an impeachment resolution against Boasberg last month for his role in Arctic Frost, a code name for ex-Special Counsel Jack Smith's probe into President Donald Trump and the 2020 election.

Gill argued Boasberg acted in a partisan fashion when he signed off on subpoenas and gag orders related to the investigation, including subpoenas for phone records from several Republican legislators in Congress the news of which was made public in documents released by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, this year.

But it's not immediately clear whether the push to impeach Boasberg is strong enough to launch an actual pressure campaign on House GOP leaders.

House Freedom Caucus members like Rep. Chip Roy, left, and Chairman Andy Harris, right, are supportive of the push to impeach U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, center. (Tom Brenner/Getty Images; valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

"It absolutely should be done," House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris, R-Md., told Fox News Digital last week. "I think this is levels above what we thought was going on. His bias is pretty clear, someone with that kind of bias cannot exist in the federal judiciary."

But Harris signaled it would not be an issue the conservative group would pressure House Speaker Mike Johnson , R-La., on anytime soon.

"No, we have other issues as well. Were concentrated right now on the fiscal issues," Harris said when asked if he would bring the issue to House leaders. "But we have discussed that, and there is broad support to impeach the judge."

Still, his conservative caucus appears largely supportive.

"I think theres considerable movement over here, particularly in light of, actually the genesis here, Arctic Frost the massive concerns we have with what the judge is doing just making up facts out of thin air and assumptions based on motives that have no basis," House Freedom Caucus Policy Chairman Chip Roy, R-Texas, told Fox News Digital.

Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., who is also running for governor of South Carolina, told Fox News Digital, "I hope so," when asked if this impeachment push would be stronger than the last.

Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the U.S. Capitol on June 4, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

"Hes so partisan. Hes one of the rogue judges that exist today," Norman said. "There are consequences for what he did."

Meanwhile, Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz., pointed out that he was one of the earliest supporters of impeaching judges who conservatives saw as casting overly partisan rulings in the Trump era.

"I think a lot of these judges have gone way out of bounds and violated their oaths. Im in support of it, yeah," he told Fox News Digital.

He was more cautious when asked if it would yield results. "I dont tend to have confidence in anything around here until I see action taken. Talk is cheap," Crane said.

Gill was one of several House Freedom Caucus members to introduce impeachment resolutions against Boasberg this past spring, when he issued an order temporarily blocking Trump's deportation flights to El Salvador.

At the time, however, Johnson warned Republicans that impeachment was not the most practical way to curb "rogue judges" pointing out that removal would require support in the Senate that simply was not there.

Instead, House GOP leaders rallied around a bill by Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., subcommittee chair of the House Judiciary panel's subcommittee on courts.

That legislation, aimed at limiting the power of district court judges to issue nationwide injunctions, passed the House in early April but was never taken up in the Senate.

Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., seen during a House hearing in 2025. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Issa himself cautioned against moving too quickly toward impeachment when asked by Fox News Digital last week.

"We have a number of rogue judges, and I think before we talk about impeachment, with so many people seeing wrongdoing, both the House and the Senate need to hold appropriate hearings and evaluate just what the proper definition of good behavior is and whether not just one, but multiple judges, may have clearly violated that," Issa said. "I think thats the right way to approach it."

Issa said he was "looking at" holding a hearing on the matter when lawmakers returned to Capitol Hill after Thanksgiving.

Fox News Digital reached out to the U.S. Courts system, which declined to comment for this story.

众议院自由核心小组正支持其一名成员推动弹劾美国地区法官詹姆斯·博阿斯伯格。

得克萨斯州共和党众议员布兰登·吉尔上月针对博阿斯伯格提出弹劾决议，指控其参与代号为"北极霜"的行动——这是前特别检察官杰克·史密斯对前总统唐纳德·特朗普及2020年大选调查的代号。

吉尔指出，博阿斯伯格在批准与调查相关的传票和禁言令时表现出党派倾向，其中包括向国会数名共和党议员索取电话记录的传票。这一消息由爱荷华州共和党人、参议院司法委员会主席查克·格拉斯利今年公布的文件公之于众。

但目前尚不清楚，弹劾博阿斯伯格（Boasberg）的推动力是否足以对众议院共和党领袖发起实质性的施压行动。

“这件事绝对应该做，”马里兰州共和党众议员、众议院自由核心小组主席安迪·哈里斯上周对福克斯数字新闻表示。“我认为这比我们原先以为的情况严重得多。他的偏见相当明显，联邦司法系统不能容许存在这种偏见的人。”

但哈里斯表示，保守派团体短期内不会就此问题向众议院议长、路易斯安那州共和党人迈克·约翰逊施压。

“不，我们还有其他问题需要处理。目前我们正专注于财政问题，”哈里斯被问及是否会将此事提交众议院领导人时表示。“但我们已经讨论过此事，弹劾这位法官获得了广泛支持。”

尽管如此，他的保守派同僚们似乎普遍表示支持。

得克萨斯州共和党众议员、众议院自由核心小组政策主席奇普·罗伊向福克斯数字新闻表示：“我认为事态在此处已有显著进展，尤其是考虑到‘北极霜’行动的起因——我们对法官的行为深感忧虑，他完全凭空捏造事实，并基于毫无根据的动机作出假设。”

南卡罗来纳州共和党众议员拉尔夫·诺曼（Ralph Norman）——同时也在竞选该州州长——在接受福克斯数字新闻采访时表示，当被问及此次弹劾行动是否会比上一次更激烈时，他回应称：“希望如此。”

诺曼表示："他党派偏见极深，是当今司法体系中的害群之马。其所作所为必将付出代价。"

与此同时，亚利桑那州共和党众议员伊莱·克兰指出，他是最早支持弹劾那些在特朗普时代被保守派认为做出过度党派性裁决的法官的人之一。

他对福克斯数字新闻表示：“我认为许多法官已经严重越界，违背了他们的誓言。是的，我支持这一观点。”

当被问及是否会取得成果时，他表现得更为谨慎。克兰表示：“在亲眼看到实际行动之前，我对这里的任何事情都难以建立信任。空谈无益。”

今年春季，吉尔与其他众议院自由党团成员共同提出针对博阿斯伯格的弹劾决议，此前博阿斯伯格曾签发命令，暂时阻止了特朗普政府向萨尔瓦多遣返非法移民的航班。

然而，约翰逊当时警告共和党人，弹劾并非遏制"恣意妄为的法官"最实际的方式——他指出，罢免法官需要参议院的支持，而这种支持根本不存在。

相反，众议院共和党领袖们转而支持由加利福尼亚州共和党众议员、众议院司法委员会法院小组委员会主席达雷尔·伊萨提出的一项法案。

这项旨在限制地方法院法官发布全国性禁令权力的法案，于四月初在众议院获得通过，但未能在参议院进行审议。

上周接受福克斯数字新闻采访时，伊萨本人告诫不要过快推进弹劾程序。

伊萨表示："我们有不少行为不端的法官。我认为在讨论弹劾之前，鉴于许多人已发现不当行为，众议院和参议院都应举行适当的听证会，明确界定何为正当行为准则，并评估是否有多名法官明显违反了这一准则——而不仅限于一人。我认为这才是正确的处理方式。"

伊萨表示，他正考虑在国会议员们感恩节后返回国会山时，就此事举行听证会。

福克斯新闻数字频道联系了美国法院系统，但对方拒绝对此报道发表评论。