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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. RES. 145
Impeaching Paul Adam Engelmayer, United States District Court Judge
for the Southern District of New York, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY21, 2025
Mr. C
RANE(for himself, Mr. DAVIDSON, Mr. HAMADEHof Arizona, Mrs.
L
UNA, and Mr. OGLES) submitted the following resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary
RESOLUTION
Impeaching Paul Adam Engelmayer, United States District
Court Judge for the Southern District of New York,
for high crimes and misdemeanors.
Resolved, That Paul Adam Engelmayer, United 1
States District Court Judge for the Southern District of 2
New York, is impeached for high crimes and mis-3
demeanors, and that the following article of impeachment 4
be exhibited to the United States Senate: 5
Article of impeachment exhibited by the House of 6
Representatives of the United States of America in the 7
name of itself and of the people of the United States of 8
America, against Paul Adam Engelmayer, United States 9
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District Court Judge for the Southern District of New 1
York, in maintenance and support of its impeachment 2
against him for high crimes and misdemeanors. 3
ARTICLE I: ABUSE OF POWER 4
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Judge Paul Engelmayer, in violation of his oath of 6
office, did knowingly and willfully use his judicial position 7
to advance personal interests and political gain. 8
The Constitution provides that the House of Rep-9
resentatives ‘‘shall have the sole Power of Impeachment’’ 10
and that ‘‘civil Officers of the United States’’, including 11
Federal judges, are subject to impeachment and removal. 12
Further, the separation of powers under the Con-13
stitution grants the President broad authority over the ex-14
ecutive branch, including direct control and access to de-15
partments, as part of his role in ensuring the administra-16
tion of laws and policies of the United States. 17
In his conduct of the office of United States District 18
Court Judge, in which he violated his oath to the Constitu-19
tion and duty of impartiality to the people of the United 20
States, Paul A. Engelmayer has abused the powers of his 21
judicial authority, having engaged in actions that 22
prioritize personal and political affiliations over the duty 23
of impartiality owed to the public and litigants as follows: 24
(1) Judge Engelmayer restrained President 25
Trump and Secretary Bessent from granting access 26
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to any Department of the Treasury record, payment 1
systems, or any other data systems maintained by 2
the Department of the Treasury containing person-3
ally identifiable information or confidential financial 4
information of payees; and 5
(2) Judge Engelmayer restrained President 6
Trump and Secretary Bessent from granting access 7
to all political appointees, special Government em-8
ployees, and Government employees detailed from 9
another Federal agency, to any Department of the 10
Treasury payment record, payment systems, or any 11
other data systems maintained by the Department of 12
the Treasury containing personally identifiable infor-13
mation. 14
This conduct has resulted in apparent bias and favor-15
itism, representing an abuse of judicial power and is detri-16
mental to the orderly functioning of the judiciary. Using 17
the powers of his high office, Judge Engelmayer interfered 18
with the will of the people. 19
In so doing, Judge Engelmayer used the powers of 20
his position to engage in actions that overstep his judicial 21
authority. By making a political decision outside the scope 22
of his legal duties, he compromised the impartiality of our 23
judicial system. 24
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Wherefore, Judge Engelmayer is guilty of high 1
crimes and misdemeanors and should be removed from of-2
fice. 3
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