Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., announced Thursday he’s drafting articles of impeachment against a federal district judge in Rhode Island for his injunction against the Trump administration’s freeze on billions of dollars of federal grants.

Clyde called U.S. District Judge John McConnell Jr. a “partisan activist” over his order earlier this week demanding the Trump administration’s adherence to the temporary restraining order he issued on Jan. 29 pausing the freeze on federal aid.

“He’s a partisan activist weaponizing our judicial system to stop President [Donald] Trump’s funding freeze on woke and wasteful government spending,” Clyde said in a post to X, referring to McConnell. “We must end this abusive overreach.”

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