Johnson changes tune on judicial impeachments after 'egregious abuses' of Trump agenda

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Speaker Mike Johnson , R-La., said he would back a push to impeach judges blocking President Donald Trump's agenda on Wednesday. While it's never something Johnson explicitly ruled out, his support comes after House GOP leaders signaled opposition to such a move last year. At the time, leaders argued impeachment was not a practical punishment for what Republicans widely saw as activist judges trying to influence the administration's policy. But he told reporters at his weekly press conference that while he believed impeachment is still an "extreme measure," that "extreme times call for extreme measures." "I think some of these judges have gotten so far outside the bounds of where they're supposed to operate. It would not be, in my view, a bad thing for Congress to lay down the law," Johnson said. CRUZ DEMANDS IMPEACHMENT OF BOASBERG AND JUDGE WHO SENTENCED KAVANAUGH’S ATTEMPTED ASSASSIN It comes as some Republicans in the Senate and House push for impeachments against U.S. District Judges James Boasberg and Deborah Boardman. Sen. Ted Cruz , R-Texas, called them both "rogue judges" earlier this month and said they "meet the constitutional standard for impeachment" during a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing. "I'm for it," Johnson said when asked about the push. "Boasberg is one who's been mentioned, and these are some egregious abuses." FRESH TRUMP-LINKED CASE PUTS BOASBERG BACK IN GOP CROSSHAIRS Boasberg has been targeted by Republicans after rulings on several key immigration cases involving Trump's policies, including flying migrants to El Salvador and other countries instead of detaining them in the U.S. He more recently raised GOP ire when it was revealed that Boasberg signed off on warrants that allowed for the seizure of some Republican lawmakers' phone records in former special counsel Jack Smith's Arctic Frost probe. Cruz called for Boardman's impeachment over her sentencing decision for a man found guilty of charges related to trying to assassinate Supr…