Bondi, Senate GOP Push Back on Musk Judicial Impeachment Call

Feb. 13, 2025, 12:52 AM UTC

The Trump administration and some Republican senators deflected Elon Musk’s calls to impeach judges who’ve temporarily sided with challenges to halt White House initiatives that include his drive to slash the federal workforce.

“That will not happen now,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said at a Justice Department news conference on Wednesday. “We’re going to follow the law right now. We’re going to follow the process. These are federal judges with lifetime appointments.”

Key Senate Republicans also defended the power of the courts to rule against President Donald Trump.

“We’ve got a system of checks and balances, and that’s what I ...

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