IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 858 
Impeaching James E. Boasberg, United States District Court Chief Judge 
for the District of Columbia, for high crimes and misdemeanors. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 4, 2025 
Mr. GILL of Texas (for himself, Mr. ROY, Mr. FINE, Mr. DONALDS, Ms. 
BOEBERT, Mrs. LUNA, Mr. BIGGS of Arizona, Mr. SELF, Mr. STUTZMAN, 
Mr. CRANE, Mr. OGLES, and Mr. COLLINS) submitted the following reso-
lution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Impeaching James E. Boasberg, United States District Court 
Chief Judge for the District of Columbia, for high crimes 
and misdemeanors. 
Resolved, That James E. Boasberg, Chief Judge, 
United States Court for the District of Columbia, is im-
peached for high crimes and misdemeanors, and that the 
following article of impeachment be exhibited to the 
United States Senate. 
Article of impeachment exhibited by the House of 
Representatives of the United States of America in the 
name of itself and of the people of the United States of 
America, against James E. Boasberg, who was appointed, 
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duly qualified, and commissioned to serve, during good be-
havior in office, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Columbia on March 14, 2011. 
ARTICLE I: ABUSE OF POWER 
Ignoring his responsibility to wield the power of his 
office in a constitutional manner, Chief Judge Boasberg 
granted Special Counsel John L. Smith authorization to 
issue frivolous nondisclosure orders in furtherance of the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation project codenamed ARC-
TIC FROST. These nondisclosure orders covered Mem-
bers of Congress who were acting in accord with their leg-
islative duties and privileges guaranteed by article 1, sec-
tion 6, clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution. Chief Judge 
Boasberg authorized the issuance of frivolous nondisclo-
sure orders covering at least Senator Marsha Blackburn, 
Senator Ted Cruz, Senator Lindsey Graham, Senator Bill 
Hagerty, Senator Josh Hawley, Senator Ron Johnson, 
Senator Cynthia Lummis, Senator Rick Scott, Senator 
Dan Sullivan, Senator Tommy Tuberville, and Represent-
ative Mike Kelly. These illegitimate and frivolous non-
disclosure orders and subpoenas threaten Members of 
Congress by imposing undue legal scrutiny for fulfilling 
their constitutional duties. Chief Judge Boasberg signed 
an order prohibiting AT&T from informing Senator Cruz 
of his subpoena for at least one year. Chief Judge 
Boasberg expressed that there were ‘‘reasonable grounds 
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to believe that such disclosure will result in destruction 
of or tampering with evidence, intimidation of potential 
witnesses, and serious jeopardy to the investigation.’’ 
Chief Judge Boasberg had no clear reasonable basis to 
make this finding about Senator Cruz, which accused him 
of being willing to destroy evidence and intimidate wit-
nesses in violation of both the law and Senator Cruz’s eth-
ical obligation as a member of the Bar. 
2 United States Code § 6628 states ‘‘the Office of 
the SAA, any officer, employee, or agent of the Office of 
the SAA, and any provider for a Senate office that is pro-
viding services to or used by a Senate office shall not be 
barred, through operation of any court order or any statu-
tory provision, from notifying the Senate office of any 
legal process seeking disclosure of Senate data of the Sen-
ate office that is transmitted, processed, or stored (wheth-
er temporarily or otherwise) through the use of an elec-
tronic system established, maintained, or operated, or the 
use of electronic services provided . . .’’ Chief Judge 
Boasberg does not appreciate basic statute and contrib-
uted to the legal inquiries that violate the law indicating 
he is unfit to serve as Chief Judge. 
It is unclear if Judge Boasberg facilitated the frivo-
lous subpoenas issued by Special Counsel John L. Smith 
which covered conservative nonprofit organizations, in-
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cluding but not limited to Conservative Partnership Insti-
tute, America First Policy Institute, Women for America 
First, and Center for Renewing America. Many of these 
same organizations had been outspoken in opposition to 
various radical Biden Administration policies. It appears 
that these subpoenas were intended to silence political 
speech. 
In addition, these frivolous subpoenas covered con-
servative activists and patriotic Americans, including Jef-
frey Clark, John Eastman, Rudy Guiliani, Edward 
Corrigan, Mark Meadows, Cleta Mitchell, Amy Kremer, 
Kelli Ward, Jenna Ellis, and Wesley Denton. The 
weaponization of the judiciary compromises the separation 
of powers found in the U.S. Constitution, and Chief Judge 
Boasberg’s impropriety in participating in the undue in-
vestigation of Members of Congress casts doubt on his 
ability to execute his office with good behavior. 
Wherefore, Chief Judge Boasberg is guilty of high 
crimes and misdemeanors and should be removed from of-
fice. 
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