Ogles Introduces Impeachment Resolution Against Judge Who Ordered Unfreezing of Foreign Aid

Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) has filed an article of impeachment against the federal judge who temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s suspension of all foreign aid amid pending litigation. The impeachment resolution, filed on Feb. 27, seeks U.S. District Judge Amir Ali’s removal from office for contradicting President Donald Trump’s executive order titled Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid. On his first day in office, Trump ordered a 90-day pause on all new obligations and disbursements of development assistance funds to foreign countries. Stop-work orders have since been issued for existing awards as well, pending review by administration officials as they seek to root out government waste and fraud at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the State Department....