Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/marjorie-taylor-greene" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Marjorie Taylor Greene</a> (R-GA) took another step toward cleaning house at the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/department-of-justice" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Department of Justice</a> (DOJ) on Wednesday, seeking to remove from office another high-ranking official she views as politically corrupt.
The congresswoman, sometimes called &#8220;MTG&#8221; for short, announced on Wednesday that she is moving to impeach Attorney General <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/merrick-garland" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Merrick Garland</a>. The move comes one day after Greene <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/marjorie-taylor-greene-moves-to-impeach-fbi-director-christopher-wray" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introduced similar articles of impeachment</a> against FBI Director <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/christopher-wray" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Christoper Wray</a> and Matthew Graves, the U.S. attorney based in Washington, D.C.
&#8220;Since Merrick Garland took over as Attorney General in March of 2021, he has completely weaponized the Department of &#8216;Injustice,'&#8221; Greene said in a statement. &#8220;The politicization of the DOJ has resulted in the persecution of the left’s political enemies, and a two-tiered justice system.&#8221;
The articles of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/impeachment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">impeachment</a> accuse Garland of failing to uphold his oath and losing the trust of U.S. citizens to &#8220;faithfully execute the laws&#8221; of the United States &#8220;without partisan bias.&#8221;
Like the other cases, Greene&#8217;s bid to unseat Garland faces long odds. Even if the House, which Republicans narrowly control, impeached Garland, a conviction would be unlikely in the Democrat-controlled Senate.
Now in her second term in the House, Greene previously introduced articles of impeachment <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/57" target="_blank" rel="noopener">against President Joe Biden</a> and <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/582/cosponsors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">co-sponsored</a> articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, efforts which have not been successful.
In her latest articles of impeachment, Greene accused Garland of using the FBI as &#8220;a Federal police force to punish or intimidate anyone who questions or opposes the current regime.&#8221; She listed several specific grievances against the attorney general, including the alleged persecution of former President Donald Trump — now a 2024 presidential candidate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/special-counsel-jack-smith-returns-to-united-states-to-lead-investigations-into-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">facing criminal investigations</a> by federal investigators and others. Greene, a vocal advocate for January 6 defendants, also faulted Garland for going after Americans &#8220;participating in political protest.&#8221;
&#8220;Merrick Garland has weaponized the DOJ against Joe Biden’s political enemies. He’s targeted parents who are concerned about their children’s education, targeted Christians and pro-life activists &amp; raided the home of a President. He must be impeached,&#8221; Greene <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1658838293889404929" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said in a tweet</a>.
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The DOJ released a statement on Tuesday defending Wray and Graves as &#8220;dedicated public servants who have committed their careers to keeping our country safe.&#8221; The Daily Wire reached out to the agency for comment on the articles of impeachment against Garland.

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Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/marjorie-taylor-greene" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Marjorie Taylor Greene</a> (R-GA) announced on Tuesday that she introduced articles of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/impeachment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">impeachment</a> against FBI Director <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/christopher-wray" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Christoper Wray</a>.
The articles of impeachment, <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2023/05/16/exclusive-marjorie-taylor-greene-introduces-articles-of-impeachment-against-fbi-director-christopher-wray/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">published by the Daily Caller</a>, accuse Wray of failing to uphold his oath and losing the trust of U.S. citizens to &#8220;faithfully execute the laws&#8221; of the United States.
&#8220;Under Wray’s watch, the FBI has intimidated, harassed, and entrapped American citizens that have been deemed enemies of the Biden regime. As such, Director Wray has turned the FBI into [President] Joe Biden and [Attorney General] Merrick Garland&#8217;s personal police force,&#8221; Greene said in a statement.
The FBI declined to comment to The Daily Wire.
It was not immediately clear whether Greene&#8217;s bid to remove Wray from office would garner sufficient support in the House, which is narrowly controlled by Republicans. Even if it did succeed, conviction would be unlikely in the Democrat-controlled Senate.
In her statement and articles of impeachment, Greene highlighted several grievances against Wray, including the treatment of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mark-houck-catholic-pro-life-activist-facing-11-years-in-prison-acquitted-at-trial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">anti-abortion activists</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-sought-to-monitor-catholic-churches-using-tripwire-sources-to-combat-domestic-terrorism-house-lawmakers-say" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Catholics</a>, investigative tactics employed against former President Donald Trump, and the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/irs-whistleblowers-team-getting-kicked-from-hunter-biden-probe-lawyers-say" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criminal investigation</a> into the president&#8217;s son Hunter Biden.
Wray and the FBI itself have increasingly become top targets of criticism among Republicans ever since the 2016 election. Some have even called for the bureau to be defunded or even disbanded.
The FBI released a <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/statement-on-report-by-special-counsel-john-durham" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> on Monday, following a report from special counsel John Durham <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-john-durhams-years-long-investigation-into-trump-russia-collusion-investigators-is-over" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criticizing its Trump-Russia inquiry</a>, stressing how current leadership &#8220;already implemented dozens of corrective actions&#8221; and insisting that the report &#8220;reinforces the importance of ensuring the FBI continues to do its work with the rigor, objectivity, and professionalism the American people deserve and rightly expect.&#8221;
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Wray has led the bureau since 2017, after being nominated by Trump and confirmed by the Senate, following the high-profile firing of Director James Comey.
Greene, who is in her second term in the House, previously introduced articles of impeachment <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/57" target="_blank" rel="noopener">against Biden</a> and <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/582/cosponsors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">co-sponsored</a> articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, efforts which have not been successful.
Earlier on Tuesday, Greene announced articles of impeachment against U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves, <a href="https://greene.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=437" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accusing</a> him of &#8220;totally&#8221; subverting the &#8220;justice system of the United States and facilitated the explosion of violent crime in Washington D.C. by refusing to prosecute violent crimes.&#8221;
The Department of Justice (DOJ) released a statement to The Daily Wire defending Wray and Graves.
&#8220;Both FBI Director Christopher Wray and U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves are dedicated public servants who have committed their careers to keeping our country safe,&#8221; a DOJ spokesperson said. &#8220;Every day, Director Wray and U.S. Attorney Graves lead teams of career officials, many of whom put themselves in harm’s way, to counter threats to our national security and fight violent crime. Their work and their service are critical to the safety and security of our country and our nation’s capital.&#8221;

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Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ted-cruz">Ted Cruz</a> (R-TX) is advocating for the quick removal of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as the illegal immigration crisis on the southern border shows no signs of slowing down.
Cruz&#8217;s remarks come after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) had 251,487 <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-shatters-all-time-record-for-number-of-illegal-alien-encounters-on-southern-border">encounters</a> with illegal aliens last month, the highest number ever recorded in U.S. history.
Last month’s numbers, combined with the first two months of fiscal year 2023 — October and November — put the U.S. on track to have more than 2.87 million illegal alien encounters on the U.S. southern border this year.
December’s numbers mean that the Biden administration has now experienced ten straight months of 200,000+ illegal alien encounters per month on the southern border.
Cruz was asked about Mayorkas during the most recent episode of &#8220;The Verdict&#8221; with co-host Ben Ferguson.
&#8220;There were a lot of people that believe that there&#8217;s a good chance that he could be investigated, even impeached because of him knowing what was happening at the border the entire time and misleading the country about it, claiming that the border is secure when he knew it wasn&#8217;t secure,&#8221; Ferguson said. &#8220;Is there going to be any movement, you think early in this year, at least on the House side?&#8221;
&#8220;I believe the answer is yes,&#8221; Cruz responded. &#8220;I believe the House of Representatives will impeach Alejandro Mayorkas. I think they will do it this year, likely in the first half of the year. I will be shocked if they don&#8217;t go forward. I think it&#8217;s extremely likely and I think it is important. We have never had a cabinet secretary so utterly refuse to do his job and in fact instruct his employees to actively defy federal law, to frustrate federal law.&#8221;
&#8220;Federal immigration law requires that people here illegally be removed, be deported,&#8221; Cruz said. &#8220;Instead, what Mayorkas has done is directed Homeland Security to facilitate and expedite people breaking the law. He wants the turnstile to move more quickly. His entire objective is to have even more people come here illegally. It&#8217;s not to stop them. It&#8217;s not to deport them. It&#8217;s not to secure the border. He wants to make it even more efficient that when you cross illegally, Joe Biden&#8217;s travel agent will take you wherever you want to go and set you up.&#8221;
Cruz said that Mayorkas was really the first cabinet officer of a U.S. administration that has devoted their &#8220;entire time&#8221; to &#8220;abdicating his entire statutory responsibility.&#8221;
&#8220;Even worse, if he simply abdicated and didn&#8217;t do his job, that would be terrible. But he&#8217;s doing even worse, he is directing everyone in his control to actively facilitate law breaking,&#8221; Cruz said. &#8220;And I believe the House will impeach him and then in the Senate, Chuck Schumer will do everything he can to sweep it under the rug and have nobody pay attention. But we need to focus the American people on the tragedy that is unfolding every day on the southern border, that the media ignores, and that the Democrats have caused.&#8221;

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The newly minted GOP majority in the House of Representatives has a lot on its plate: a debt ceiling negotiation, investigations into COVID origins, not to mention President Biden, his son Hunter, and the cavalcade of classified documents that keep showing up everywhere the president has ever been. But one matter of urgent business should not get lost in the shuffle. The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-house-republican-files-impeachment-articles-against-dhs-secretary-mayorkas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">impeachment</a> of Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas must be a top priority.
Democrats, and even some Republicans who disapprove of the admittedly drastic course of action, argue that the criticisms of Mayorkas are over policy, not over allegations of high crimes or misdemeanors. First of all, as we all remember quite well from the impeachments of Donald Trump, a “high crime or misdemeanor” is whatever Congress says it is, so what’s good for the goose is good for the gander. Even under more traditional definitions, however, Mayorkas’ shambolic tenure has more than risen to the needed level of negligence and dishonesty.
We can all agree that being bad at your job is neither a crime nor a misdemeanor, but performing your job with gross, glaring, and knowing negligence absolutely can be. This is especially true if the result of that negligence does severe harm to others, just ask <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/alec-baldwin-charged-with-involuntary-manslaughter-over-2021-rust-shooting" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alec Baldwin</a>.
Secretary Mayorkas has not simply performed poorly regarding his task to secure the southern border, he has simply <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/terror-watch-list-arrests-at-southern-border-soar-under-biden-administration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">refused to do it</a> at all.
How do we know this? We know it because he won’t even admit the border is not secure. In fiscal year 2022, migrant crossings reached a record and shocking, 2.76 million — one million higher than any previous year. And it’s not just human beings, some of whom are brutally trafficked, it is also deadly amounts of fentanyl fueling a crisis of overdoses from sea to drug-addled sea. But if you ask Mayorkas, or the White House for that matter, there is nothing to see here; the border is secure, and everything is working as planned. It’s the very definition of gross negligence.
That brings us to the lying. Telling this tall tale about a secure border to the press and the American people is dereliction of duty, but not a crime. Telling it to Congress, however, is an entirely different matter. Mayorkas has a legal duty to be honest with those in Congress tasked with his oversight. No reasonable person can conclude he has been. Instead he has at best deflected their questions and at worst lied straight to their often furious faces.
But of all his lies, of all his derelictions, there is one that stands out above all others as a clarion call for his impeachment. Another form of lying that crosses legal boundaries is slander, and in regard to his own border agents who were falsely accused of the racist whipping of Haitian migrants on horseback — he is absolutely guilty of that heinous act. For almost a year he maintained this vicious and malicious lie was true, he even punished the agents and it&#8217;s utterly despicable.
Mayorkas said he was “horrified,” and that the horses had been “weaponized.” But <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/email-shows-sec-mayorkas-was-alerted-migrants-were-not-whipped-by-border-patrol" target="_blank" rel="noopener">new emails</a> obtained by the Heritage Foundation show that Biden administration officials told him within days that he needed to clarify his remarks because reins are not whips. Not only did he fail to clarify the remarks, but he told Congress that an investigation would take place “in a matter of days, not weeks.” It took almost a year, and as it turned out there was no whipping, which was frankly obvious within hours of the incident when even the cameraman who took the footage said he saw no whipping.
Congress cannot allow our border agents to continue to work under a man who blatantly lies about them, who smears them as racist to advance his own political agenda. It’s an absolute disgrace and more than impeachable. From Biden’s document scandal to Mayorkas’ lies, this is clearly an administration that believes no rules apply to them, that they can do whatever they want with no consequence. Well, it&#8217;s time for some consequences.
Impeaching Mayorkas would not be a political stunt — in fact, it wouldn’t be political at all. It is the duty of Congress to remove officials in the executive branch for high crimes and misdemeanors when those misdeeds show that the official can no longer function in their role. Mayorkas has made Swiss cheese of a southern border that the Trump administration had brought under much greater control. This isn’t because of incompetence or laziness — it is intentional. Even the lies about the whipping were meant to deflect from his myriad failures. 
The time to act is now, and the action to take is impeachment. Republicans in the House must not be afraid to do their duty.
David Marcus is a columnist and author of &#8220;Charade: The Covid Lies That Crushed A Nation.&#8221;
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Leftist Peru President Pedro Castillo was impeached on Wednesday after he attempted to dissolve Congress and install an alternative &#8220;exceptional emergency government.&#8221;
The Congress <a href="https://apnews.com/article/peru-caribbean-government-pedro-castillo-62923886f7c53b1dcceb0db84cb09888" target="_blank" rel="noopener">refused</a> to follow Castillo’s announcement of dissolution and instead held a vote to impeach him. Legislators <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/12/07/castillo-dissolves-congress-peru/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voted</a> 101 to 6, with 10 abstaining, to kick Castillo out of office <a href="https://apnews.com/article/peru-caribbean-government-pedro-castillo-62923886f7c53b1dcceb0db84cb09888" target="_blank" rel="noopener">due</a> to &#8220;permanent moral incapacity.&#8221; 
They also <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/07/americas/peru-president-castillo-congress-dissolves-intl/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Vice President Dina Boluarte would be put in power. She had previously criticized Castillo’s moves on Twitter, stating, “I reject Pedro Castillo’s decision to break the constitutional order by closing the congress.&#8221;
“This is a coup d’etat that deepens the political and institutional crisis, and Peruvian society will have to overcome the crisis with a strict attachment to the law,&#8221; she added.
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Castillo, who used to be a farmer, teacher, and union head, spoke publicly hours before an impeachment vote was set to happen. He <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/peru-president-plans-to-dissolve-congress-before-impeachment-vote-11670434030" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> he would rule the country by decree as new legislative elections are set up.
“We have taken the decision to establish a government of exception, to reestablish the rule of law and democracy to which effect the following measures are dictated: to dissolve Congress temporarily, to install a government of exceptional emergency, to call to the shortest term possible to elections for a new Congress with the ability to draft a new Constitution,” Castillo <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/07/world/americas/peru-pedro-castillo-coup.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
He also established an immediate nationwide curfew and said all Peruvian citizens should hand over their illegal guns. The curfew was set to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/07/americas/peru-president-castillo-congress-dissolves-intl/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">last</a> from 10 p.m. on Wednesday to 4 a.m. the Thursday. Castillo also said a new constitution should be written. 
Last year, Castillo barely won the election during a runoff, and many of his rivals have never acknowledged his election. He is under investigation in six separate probes still being carried out by the National Prosecutor&#8217;s office. Five of the investigations are due to alleged corruption actions. 
Many officials in his government resigned after his announcement on Wednesday.  Ministers have been put in place, fired, replaced, or have stepped down since he took office. 
The National Police and Joint Chiefs in the country had also denied that his move to dissolve Congress was constitutional.
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“Any act contrary to the established constitutional order represents an infraction to the Constitution and will lead to the non-acceptance by the Armed Forces and the Police,&#8221; the Joint Command of the Armed Forces reportedly said in a statement. “The citizenship is called to remain calm and trust in the state institutions legally established.”
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In a statement before the vote, the Ombudsman’s Office, an independent governmental group, said that Peru was in the middle of something “that can’t be called anything but a coup.” It said Castillo should step down and hand himself over to judicial personnel. 
“Mr. Castillo must remember that he was not only elected president of the republic, but also that the people elected representatives for public service,” the statement <a href="https://apnews.com/article/peru-caribbean-government-pedro-castillo-62923886f7c53b1dcceb0db84cb09888" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “Castillo’s actions ignore the will of the people and are invalid.”

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If <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/saudi-arabia-torches-biden-for-trying-to-pressure-opec-into-not-cutting-oil-production-before-midterms/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Saudi Arabia</a>’s claim that President Joe Biden sought to delay oil production cuts to boost Democrats’ chances in the upcoming midterms is true, his new pledge to punish the Kingdom sounds like the kind of quid pro quo that got former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-trump-reveals-the-lesson-that-he-learned-from-being-impeached/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">President Trump impeached</a>, Ben Shapiro said.
<a href="https://get.dailywire.com/candace/subscribe-v3?utm_campaign=dailywire&amp;utm_medium=paid&amp;utm_source=bing&amp;utm_content=na_subscriptions&amp;cid=dailywire&amp;mid=b&amp;xid=0&amp;utm_term=daily%20wire&amp;utm_campaign=&amp;utm_source=bing&amp;utm_medium=ppc&amp;hsa_acc=6411461344&amp;hsa_cam=359300990&amp;hsa_grp=1327111204906573&amp;hsa_ad=&amp;hsa_src=o&amp;hsa_tgt=kwd-82944571146337:loc-190&amp;hsa_kw=daily%20wire&amp;hsa_mt=e&amp;hsa_net=adwords&amp;hsa_ver=3&amp;msclkid=920062d0f2f616d214950198e694bfab" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire</a> co-founder and podcast and radio host made the point on Twitter, likening Biden’s actions and alleged motive to when Trump was impeached for, according to Democrats, condition aid to Ukraine to the country’s government investigating Hunter Biden’s dealings there. Trump was impeached over the matter, although the Senate acquitted him.
“So, Joe Biden refuses to say whether he would support cutting off arms supplies to Saudi Arabia after the Saudis rejected his request to increase oil supply in a slowing economy &#8212; a request made for a specified period of time, until right after the election,” <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1580453568422629377?s=20&amp;t=K041Q-WvLXphW28YiUl8NA">Shapiro tweeted Thursday</a>. “This looks an awful lot like the president of the United States threatening to remove weaponry from a purported ally unless that ally performs actions that help that president politically in advance of an election. Wasn&#8217;t Trump impeached for that?”
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So Joe Biden refuses to say whether he would support cutting off arms supplies to Saudi Arabia after the Saudis rejected his request to increase oil supply in a slowing economy &#8212; a request made for a specified period of time, until right after the election.
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The Democrat-controlled House of Representatives impeached Trump after a whistleblower claimed he threatened to withhold $400 million in military aid from Ukraine in a July 25, 2019 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Trump wanted Zelensky to order prosecutors to investigate Hunter Biden, who had scored a lucrative no-show job with Ukrainian energy company while his then-vice president father handled the White House’s Ukraine portfolio for the Obama administration.
Oil-rich Saudi Arabia, the most powerful member of OPEC, said it will cut daily oil production by two million barrels just as much of the world grapples with rising fuel costs. In a statement, the Kingdom said Thursday it had refused the Biden administration’s request to delay the action for a month, which would put it just beyond the November 8 midterms.
“… the Government of the Kingdom clarified through its continuous consultation with the U.S. Administration that all economic analyses indicate that postponing the OPEC+ decision for a month, according to what has been suggested, would have had negative economic consequences,” the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in the statement.
Biden has not said exactly what he would do to punish the Saudis after being rebuffed, but the U.S. supplies the Kingdom with hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid.
&#8220;There’s going to be some consequences for what they’ve done with Russia,&#8221; Biden said of Saudi Arabia in an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper that aired earlier this week. “I’m not going to get into what I’d consider and what I have in mind. But there will be — there will be consequences.”
The White House sought to paint the Saudis’ decision as aligning with Russia to undermine Western support of Ukraine and said it would “reassess” the U.S relationship with Saudi Arabia in light of the Kingdom’s refusal to delay production cuts by a month.
Shapiro was not the only one to invoke the Latin phrase meaning “this for that.”
“Quid Pro Quo?” <a href="https://twitter.com/lawyer4laws/status/1580339030373171200?s=20&amp;t=Ds4Ib9fdlwsmtCoAEefpxg">tweeted Lawyers for Laws</a>. “Joe Biden Pressured Saudi&#8217;s to Not cut oil production until after Midterms.  Saudis defied. Now Joe threatens to retaliate-cancel Military Aid.”

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Congressman <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/jerry-nadler/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jerry Nadler</a> (D-NY) reportedly fought with fellow Democratic leaders  — including House Speaker <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/nancy-pelosi/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nancy Pelosi</a> (D-CA) and Impeachment Manager <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/adam-schiff/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Adam Schiff</a> (D-CA) — over the first impeachment proceedings against former President Donald Trump.
According to a new book from Politico Playbook&#8217;s Rachael Bade and The Washington Post&#8217;s Karoun Demirjian — &#8220;Unchecked: The Untold Story Behind Congress’s Botched Impeachments of Donald Trump&#8221; — <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/nadler-wins-vicious-battle-of-far-left-nyc-house-incumbents-prompted-by-botched-redistricting/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nadler</a> worried that the proceedings were &#8220;unconstitutional&#8221; and <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/politics/jerry-nadler-clashed-with-pelosi-dems-over-trump-impeachment-deemed-it-unconstitutional-per-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voiced concern</a> over not allowing Trump a vigorous defense.
Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nadler-feuded-schiff-pelosi-unconstitutional-impeachment-donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">detailed excerpts</a> of the book, set to be released on October 18, noting that Nadler specifically took issue with Schiff&#8217;s plan to proceed with impeachment regarding Trump&#8217;s phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky — without ensuring the former president had due process.
&#8220;It’s unfair, and it’s unprecedented, and it’s unconstitutional,&#8221; Nadler reportedly said, complaining that his Judiciary Committee would not have the chance to cross-examine the witnesses as they had in the past.
&#8220;I don’t appreciate your tone. I worry you’re putting us in a box for our investigation,&#8221; was Schiff&#8217;s alleged response to Nadler&#8217;s objections.
Pelosi reportedly all-but sidelined Nadler then, choosing not to give the Judiciary Committee the same power it had enjoyed during previous impeachments.
&#8220;She didn’t want the Judiciary panel to interview witnesses at all. Pelosi simply didn’t trust the panel — which was stacked with liberal crusaders and hotheaded conservatives — to handle the rollout of the complex Ukraine narrative with the careful, compelling treatment it required,&#8221; the authors wrote. &#8220;She couldn’t afford another Nadler screwup. The Judiciary chairman could focus on the legal business of crafting the articles of impeachment and have academics testify, she allowed. But that was it.&#8221;
Nadler continued to push back, however, reportedly warning Schiff and Pelosi that they would be vulnerable to complaints about the process if they refused to allow Trump to face his accusers or mount a defense.
&#8220;If we’re going to impeach, we need to show the country that we gave the president ample opportunity to defend himself,&#8221; he said — but Pelosi and Schiff were reportedly concerned that Trump&#8217;s attorneys might say something that could damage President Joe Biden ahead of the 2020 presidential election.
The alleged response from Schiff&#8217;s team was unequivocal: &#8220;F*** Donald Trump.&#8221;
Nadler tried once more to sway the two, saying that he &#8220;resented&#8221; being told how to run his own committee and allegedly asking, &#8220;They’re going to argue we don’t have due process for Trump. Why make that argument real?&#8221;
&#8220;I don’t really care about your resentment. Neither the Speaker nor I agree,&#8221; Schiff reportedly shot back.

U.S. House Of Representatives Votes On Impeachment Of President Donald Trump

New Book Says Top Democrat Bucked Trump Impeachment: ‘It’s Unfair, And It’s Unprecedented, And It’s Unconstitutional’

New Book Says Top Democrat Jerry Nadler Bucked Trump Impeachment

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Ken Starr, a former federal judge who later led the investigation that resulted in former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bill-clinton" target="_blank" rel="noopener">President Bill Clinton&#8217;s</a> impeachment, died on Tuesday. He was 76.
Starr died in Houston at Baylor St. Luke&#8217;s Medical Center of complications from surgery, according to a statement from his family.
Starr was appointed as a judge to the federal courts by former President Ronald Reagan and he served as Solicitor General under George H.W. Bush.
Starr was best known for his role as independent counsel in the Whitewater investigation into the Clintons, which started out focusing on real estate investments and ended up with Clinton&#8217;s impeachment after the House charged him with perjury and obstruction of justice for lying about his affair with Monica Lewinsky.
At 37, the former federal judge became the youngest person to ever serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and many thought Starr would eventually end up on the Supreme Court. Starr&#8217;s investigation of Clinton, however, likely ended any hopes of his appointment to the nation&#8217;s highest court.
During the investigation, the White House <a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-bill-clinton-impeachments-district-of-columbia-obituaries-214ac9a73c640f9caf745e50cd2b6f83" target="_blank" rel="noopener">painted</a> Starr as a right-wing fanatic who was investigating Clinton at the behest of Republicans. “The assaults took a toll,” Starr said of the Clinton administration&#8217;s attempts to taint his work. “A duly authorized federal law enforcement investigation came to be characterized as yet another political game. Law became politics by other means.”
Starr is survived by his wife of 52 years, Alice Mendell Starr. He is also survived by his three children, Randall P. Starr, Carolyn S. Doolittle, and Cynthia S. Roemer, and nine grandchildren: Grace, Christiana, Hewson, and Sandhana Doolittle; William and Charlotte Starr; and Sienna, Madison, and Colton Roemer, the family said. Starr is also survived by his sister, Billie Jeayne Reynolds, and brother, Jerry Starr.
&#8220;We are deeply saddened with the loss of our dear and loving Father and Grandfather, whom we admired for his prodigious work ethic, but who always put his family first,&#8221; Randall said. &#8220;The love, energy, endearing sense of humor, and fun-loving interest Dad exhibited to each of us was truly special, and we cherish the many wonderful memories we were able to experience with him. He is now with his Lord and Savior.&#8221;
Zach Jewell contributed to this report.

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Former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> announced Wednesday afternoon that he was endorsing attorney Dan Goldman, a Democrat, in the primary for New York&#8217;s 10th Congressional District.
Trump&#8217;s endorsement of Goldman comes after The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/13/opinion/new-york-congress-dan-goldman.html">endorsed</a> Goldman in the primary last week in part because of &#8220;his work on the impeachment trial.&#8221;
&#8220;Lawyer Dan Goldman is running for Congress, NY-10, and it is my great honor to Strongly Endorse him,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;I do this not because of the fact that he headed up the Impeachment Committee and lost, but because he was honorable, fair, and highly intelligent. While it was my honor to beat him, and beat him badly, Dan Goldman has a wonderful future ahead.&#8221;
&#8220;He will be very compassionate and compromising to those within the Republican Party, and will do everything possible to make sure they have a fair chance at winning against the Radical Left Democrats, who he knows are destroying our Country,&#8221; Trump continued. &#8220;I would like to thank Dan for fighting so hard for America, and for working so tirelessly to stop &#8216;Trump.&#8217; He was not easy to beat, but winning against him made me realize just how very talented I am!&#8221;
Trump&#8217;s statement appears to have been an attempt to sabotage Goldman&#8217;s chances in the race as Goldman&#8217;s opponents immediately capitalized on the opportunity to use Trump&#8217;s endorsement as a chance to attack Goldman.
&#8220;Last week Donald Trump attacked Dan Goldman, who led his impeachment,&#8221; Goldman said in a statement. &#8220;Now he&#8217;s pretending to endorse Goldman. True to form, Trump is trying to meddle in an election.&#8221;
&#8220;This is a pathetic attempt at fooling Democrats who are far smarter than Trump is, and it&#8217;s clear that only one candidate in NY-10 is living rent-free in Trump&#8217;s head,&#8221; Goldman continued. &#8220;Buckle up Donald. Dan&#8217;s coming for you.&#8221;

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Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) is not ruling out the pursuit of impeachment of U.S. Attorney General <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/merrick-garland">Merrick Garland</a> if <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/republican-party">Republicans</a> take the House in November.
Jordan, who&#8217;s in line to take over the House Judiciary Committee if the GOP prevails in the 2022 midterms, outlined two avenues for a potential impeachment, namely Garland&#8217;s inaction on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gop-congressman-calls-on-attorney-general-to-prosecute-abortion-rights-activists-demonstrating-at-homes-of-scotus-justices">protests outside conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices&#8217; homes</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ag-garland-besieged-by-requests-to-defend-pro-life-clinics-organizations">attacks on pro-life clinics</a>, and potential coordination with Left-wing groups opposed to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ag-garland-says-he-wont-rescind-doj-memo-directing-fbi-to-investigate-confrontations-at-school-board-meetings">parents protesting curricula</a> at school board meetings, The Washington Free Beacon <a href="https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/republicans-weigh-garland-impeachment-as-biden-doj-drags-feet-on-extremist-abortion-protesters/">reported</a>.
&#8220;That&#8217;ll be a decision that will be made by the entire conference,&#8221; Jordan told the outlet during an interview published Monday.
&#8220;The key question we would like to find out, if in fact the American people put us in control, is was this similar to what happened with parents at school board meetings?&#8221; the Republican posed. &#8220;In other words, was the Biden White House working with some outside left wing influence groups, and also then communicating that information to the DOJ?&#8221;
Pro-abortion activists have shown up outside the homes of justices <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/pro-abortion-protest-outside-justice-thomass-house-after-dobbs">Clarence Thomas</a>, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pro-abortion-protestors-march-at-justice-amy-coney-barretts-home-with-blood-and-doll-props">Amy Coney Barrett</a>, and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/armed-man-found-near-kavanaugh-home-pleads-not-guilty-to-attempted-murder">Brett Kavanaugh</a>.
Most seriously, Nicholas John Roske was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/police-id-armed-man-who-said-he-wanted-to-kill-supreme-court-justice-kavanaugh-report">charged</a> with attempted murder of Kavanaugh last month.
The armed 26-year-old crossed state lines and arrived near Kavanaugh&#8217;s home with the intent to kill the conservative justice so he couldn&#8217;t rule on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/second-amendment">Second Amendment</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/abortion">abortion</a> cases, the Department of Justice (DOJ) alleged in a press release, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/armed-man-found-near-kavanaugh-home-pleads-not-guilty-to-attempted-murder">The Daily Wire</a> reported.
“According to the one-count indictment and other court documents, on June 8, 2022, Roske intended to kill an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court,” the DOJ said. “Court documents alleges that Roske traveled from California to Maryland, intending to kill the Supreme Court Justice, arriving at the residence of a current Justice of the Supreme Court in the early morning hours of June 8, 2022.”
The Washington Free Beacon noted that it&#8217;s a federal crime to demonstrate outside a judge’s home with the intent to influence deliberations. While Roske has been charged, the report said there has yet to be action against protesters demonstrating outside justices&#8217; homes.
On the other front of possible impeachment, the DOJ potentially targeted parents opposing leftist curricula at school board meetings on behalf of the National School Boards Association.
The NSBA sent a letter pressuring the Biden administration to crack down on “threats of violence and acts of intimidation” at local school board meetings, adding that the Patriot Act could be used to look into “acts of malice, violence and threats against public school officials,” which the group said “could be the equivalent to a form of domestic terrorism and hate crimes,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/school-board-association-that-wrote-letter-comparing-parents-to-domestic-terrorists-has-lost-1-million">The Daily Wire</a> reported.
Days later, Garland <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/doj-fbi-investigating-disturbing-spike-in-harassment-threats-against-school-administrators">announced</a> he was ordering the FBI to investigate “harassment, intimidation, and threats of violence” against school board members.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republicans-demand-garland-designate-members-of-janes-revenge-as-domestic-terrorists">Republicans Demand FBI, DHS Designate Members Of Jane’s Revenge As Domestic Terrorists</a>

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GOP Rep. Jim Jordan Leaves Door Open On Merrick Garland Impeachment, Talks Two Avenues

Jim Jordan Leaves Door Open On Merrick Garland Impeachment, Talks Two Avenues

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Screen legend Jon Voight posted a video stating how everyone&#8217;s &#8220;feeling very unsafe&#8221; these days under President Joe Biden and said that the president &#8220;must be impeached&#8221; to save the country.
In the clip the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-jon-voight-blasts-legacy-media-for-silence-over-hunter-bidens-alleged-anti-black-slurs">83-year-old</a> actor recently shared on <a href="https://twitter.com/jonvoight/status/1541857774505803778?s=20&amp;t=66UKG3Unl7A-U2W8QSII6w">Twitter</a>, the &#8220;Midnight Cowboy&#8221; star referenced the &#8220;turmoil&#8221; and &#8220;darkness&#8221; we are all living in. He later admitted that &#8220;we’re all feeling very unsafe&#8221; and pointed the finger directly at Biden as the reason why.
&#8220;My dear friends, we&#8217;re all saddened by so much turmoil that has been brought upon this life we live,&#8221; Voight explained in the video he shared with his hundreds of thousands of followers. &#8220;Can this darkness be lifted? Can we all share joy once again and see eye to eye?&#8221;
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&#8220;We have a troubled nation with much horror from these criminals that are ruining lives,&#8221; he added, without explaining further. &#8220;We must stop this now. We must bring back our nation&#8217;s safety.&#8221;
&#8220;Our police force must act on righteousness and guard our neighborhoods, our businesses, our children, our elderly, our veterans and our handicapped,&#8221; Voight continued. &#8220;We must protect this nation and bring back safety. We&#8217;re all feeling very unsafe. We&#8217;re all angry.&#8221;
The &#8220;National Treasure&#8221; star did not beat around the bush as he explained the &#8220;reason why&#8221; everyone is feeling this way &#8220;starts with the seat of the President of the United States.&#8221;
&#8220;He [Biden] has wronged this nation&#8217;s glory,&#8221; Jon stated. &#8220;He has taken down our morals, our true gift of the land of the free. He must be impeached. We can not wait another second having him dictate our path.&#8221;
The actor called for everyone to work together to &#8220;get&#8221; Biden out and &#8220;make this country what she stands for once again, &#8220;greatness.&#8221;
&#8220;Don’t let this President Biden tear down every inch that was sacrificed with blood, sweat and tears for his dictation of lies,&#8221; Voight shared, before he concluded that there&#8217;s still hope to bring the country back to its previous &#8220;glory.&#8221;
Jon captioned his nearly two-minute long clip,&#8221;Can we all see eye to eye?&#8221;
RELATED: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/god-will-show-his-face-were-not-going-to-disappear-oscar-winner-jon-voigt-sends-message-to-conservatives">&#8216;God Will Show His Face, We&#8217;re Not Going to Disappear&#8217;: Oscar Winner Jon Voight Sends Message To Conservatives</a>

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‘Feeling Very Unsafe’: Jon Voight Says Biden 'Must Be Impeached'

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) claimed without evidence on Sunday that some U.S. Supreme Court justices who voted to overturn Roe v. Wade &#8220;lied&#8221; under oath during their confirmation hearings, which she said is &#8220;an impeachable offense.&#8221;
Ocasio-Cortez made the remarks during an interview on NBC News&#8217; &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221; with host Chuck Todd, who brought up how Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said that the justices had testified &#8220;under oath.&#8221;
&#8220;They lied,&#8221; Ocasio-Cortez claimed. &#8220;If we allow Supreme Court nominees to lie under, under oath and secure lifetime appointments to the highest court of the land and then issue, issue without basis &#8212; if you read these opinions &#8212; issue without basis, rulings that deeply undermine the human and civil rights of the majority of Americans, we must see that through. There must be consequences for such a deeply destabilizing action and a hostile takeover of our democratic institutions. To allow that to stand is to allow it to happen. And what makes it particularly dangerous is that it sends a blaring signal to all future nominees that they can now lie to duly elected members of the United States Senate in order to secure Supreme Court confirmations and seats on the Supreme Court. This is what we&#8217;re saying.&#8221;
When Todd asked if she thought the situation was &#8220;an impeachable offense,&#8221; Ocasio-Cortez responded, &#8220;I believe so.&#8221;
&#8220;I believe so,&#8221; she claimed. &#8220;I believe lying under oath is an impeachable offense.&#8221;
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Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;s remarks come after the Supreme Court&#8217;s 6-3 decision in Dobbs v.s. Jackson Women’s Health Organization on Friday which followed the early May leak of a draft opinion indicating which way the justices would rule, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/united-states-supreme-court-overturns-roe-v-wade-leaves-abortion-restrictions-to-states">reported</a>. That leak prompted protests across the nation, particularly in Washington, D.C., as well as dozens of attacks and vandalism of pro-life organizations, centers, and churches.
Justice Samuel Alito wrote that Roe and a subsequent case, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which upheld Roe, both must be overturned, and the right to allow, deny, or restrict the right to an abortion must reside with states.
“Roe was egregiously wrong from the start. Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damaging consequences. And far from bringing about a national settlement of the abortion issue, Roe and Casey have enflamed debate and deepened division,” Alito wrote in his majority opinion, which was strikingly similar to the earlier leaked draft. “It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.”
Mary Margaret Olohan contributed to this report.

The U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Roe V. Wade

Ocasio-Cortez Claims Supreme Court Justices ‘Lied’ Under Oath, Suggests Impeachment

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