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AOC suggests Supreme Court justices could be impeached after Democrats assume power in Congress
U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is giving Americans a glimpse of what's to come after Democrats take control of Congress in early January, saying she's open to impeaching President Trump as well as Supreme Court justices.
AOC's remarks came in an impromptu interview with CNN's Manu Raju Tuesday night after the House voted down the measure to impeach War Secretary Pete Hegseth. AOC said the vote to impeach Hegseth failed in the House because 10 members of the chamber didn't show up to cast a vote and suggested outgoing Republican congressman Thomas Massie could bring the articles of impeachment again before his term ends at the beginning of January.
The congresswoman from New York seemed to be impeachment-happy while speaking with Raju, but also poised to seek prosecutions of those she perceives as political adversaries. When asked whether she thinks the House should impeach Trump, AOC responded, "I think we should leave all options on the table -- absolutely."
And she didn't stop there. "I mean, of course, this Supreme Court, as well, has kind of legalized a lot of his criminality," AOC continued gesturing toward the Supreme Court building and telling Raju she meant that she's open to impeaching justices. AOC didn't give any examples of the "criminality" she alleged and Raju didn't press her to cite any in the interview.
AOC also didn't name names in the interview, but it's not hard to predict who she'd target with impeachment because she has already attempted to have two justices impeached. During the summer of 2024, in the week's after Biden's disastrous debate performance against Trump and just a few days before Trump was shot in an assassination attempt, AOC filed articles of impeachment against Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, saying at the time, "Absent resignation, they must be removed."
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