A Republican ally of Donald Trump has moved to impeach a federal judge who blocked a team set up by the president and spearheaded by billionaire Elon Musk from accessing U.S. Treasury Department systems responsible for trillions of dollars in payments.

"Partisan judges abusing their positions is a threat to democracy," Representative Eli Crane said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.

Republicans and Elon Musk accused Southern District of New York Judge Paul Engelmayer of political bias after he stopped Department of Government Efficiency staffers from accessing the Treasury Department’s payments system.

Crane says U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer's order to limit DOGE access to the U.S. Treasury records was "judicial overreach."

U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer issued a preliminary injunction after 19 Democratic attorneys general filed a lawsuit claiming that the Trump administration improperly allowed Musk’s team access to the Treasury Department’s central payment system, which violated federal law.

Wisconsin 3rd District Congressman Derrick Van Orden wants a federal judge in New York removed from the bench for blocking one of President Trump's executive orders.

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Congressman Derrick Van Orden on Tuesday filed a resolution in the House of Representatives seeking to have US District Judge Paul Engelmayer ... former President Barack Obama, drew Musk's scorn ...