Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said Wednesday that Democrats are open to impeaching Supreme Court justices, claiming the Court has “legalized” what she called President Donald Trump’s “criminality.”
Ocasio-Cortez made the remarks to CNN’s Manu Raju days after Democrats won majorities in both the House and Senate in last week’s midterm elections.
Raju asked her whether Democrats would move to impeach Secretary of War Pete Hegseth in the new Congress, a question raised after House Republicans rejected an earlier impeachment push against Hegseth from Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY).
“There are so many criminals in this administration, it’s hard to figure out who should be, you know, the order of operations. There are going to be many, many, many investigations. I imagine many subpoenas, and we have to follow wherever the evidence takes us.”
When Raju pressed on whether Democrats would go after the president himself, Ocasio-Cortez did not rule it out.
“I mean, I think we should leave all options on the table. Absolutely. I mean, of course this Supreme Court as well has also kind of legalized a lot of his criminality, and they’re pointing at impeachment. Impeachment in this Republican majority at that time was pointing at the Supreme Court. We’ll see. We’ll approach it, but I think all options are on the table.”
House minority leader-elect Jim Jordan (R-OH) predicted the incoming Democrat majority would pursue a broad campaign of investigations and subpoenas.
“It’ll be every committee. There’ll be a third impeachment. They can’t help themselves. They’re going to go after everyone in the cabinet. We’ve already seen that with Secretary of War Hegseth. They’re going to go after people in the private sector, which I think is ridiculous. They’ve already sent hundreds of letters out to people in the government and outside the government.”
Jordan said he expects Democrats will also target Vice President JD Vance or whoever emerges as the Republican nominee in the future.
“So, I think you’re going to see all that. And every single committee will have to work every day, in committee, pushing back, going for the facts. Because the letter that came from the Justice Department highlighted what they’re up to. We had first Garcia on election night saying, ‘Lawyer up.’ And then the Justice Department sent out the letter and said, you — you can’t just go after people for political harassment. There has to be a legislative purpose. And right now, they can’t cite one. They’re just attacking their political opposition. But it’ll be across the board in every single committee. And we are committed as House Republicans pushing back and giving the facts and the truth to the American people.”
An editor at the Bulwark, the anti-Trump outlet founded by Bill Kristol, has said Democrats should instead concentrate on damaging Trump’s poll numbers, popularity, and reputation.
Trump said Saturday he has ordered the Justice Department to investigate threatening letters that Democrat leaders allegedly sent to administration officials and other Republicans.
