Saying radical liberals are attempting to win in the court of law what they lost in last year’s elections by “weaponizing our justice system,” 9th District Congressman Andrew Clyde (R-Jackson County) is seeking to have a judge who recently ruled against the Trump administration impeached and has begun impeachment proceedings in the House.
“The Left is using a tactic known as judge-shopping — which aims to ensure lawsuits end up in front of sympathetic judges, to obstruct President Trump’s agenda,” Clyde said Tuesday. “In other words, activist judges are selected to weaponize their power in an attempt to usurp President Trump’s Article II authority and ignore the will of the American people.”
He singled out U.S. District Judge John McConnell who recently filed a motion ordering the Trump Administration to comply with a restraining order he previously issued to temporarily block the Administration’s efforts to pause federal grants and loans for a review this funding.
Clyde says Judge McConnell, an appointee of former Democratic President Obama, has a documented past of radical rhetoric, including referring to President Trump as a “tyrant. Yet it appears his abuse of power is rooted in more than his political bias.
“Alarmingly, Judge McConnell has deep ties to a federally-funded NGO, Crossroads Rhode Island. He has served on the organization’s Board of Directors for nearly 20 years, during which the NGO received over $128 million dollars in federal funding.
“Therefore, it appears Judge McConnell has a major conflict of interest in this case, as Crossroads Rhode Island stands to benefit from actions to halt President Trump’s temporary funding freeze.
“I’m deeply disturbed by this blatant and dangerous judicial activism, which is why I’m introducing articles of impeachment against Judge McConnell. Yet Judge McConnell isn’t working alone.
“Several other activist judges are also thwarting President Trump’s agenda, including blocking the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) access to data and obstructing the Administration’s executive orders to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) — with the list of injunctions only expected to grow.”