Text of US HR 818 (2025)

IV 119TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 818 Impeaching Deborah Boardman, Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, for high crimes and misdemeanors. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OCTOBER 17, 2025 Mr. ROY (for himself, Mr. BRECHEEN, Mrs. LUNA, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. BABIN, and Mrs. MILLER of Illinois) submitted the following resolu- tion; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary RESOLUTION Impeaching Deborah Boardman, Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, for high crimes and misdemeanors. Resolved, That Deborah Boardman, Judge of the 1 United States District Court for the District of Maryland, 2 is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors and for 3 violating the constitutional standard for continuance in ju- 4 dicial office of ‘‘good behavior’’, and that the following ar- 5 ticle of removal be exhibited to the United States Senate. 6 Article of impeachment exhibited by the House of 7 Representatives of the United States of America in the 8 name of itself and of the people of the United States of 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:32 Oct 29, 2025 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR818.IH HR818 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 2 •HRES 818 IH America, against Deborah Boardman, Judge of the United 1 States District Court for the District of Maryland, in 2 maintenance and support of its impeachment against her 3 for high crimes and misdemeanors and for violating the 4 constitutional standard for continuance in judicial office 5 of ‘‘good behavior’’. 6 ARTICLE I: WILLFUL AND SYSTEMIC REFUSAL TO COMPLY 7 WITH THE LAW 8 9 Judge Boardman, in violation of her oath of office, 10 did knowingly and willfully use her judicial position to 11 knowingly interfere with the President’s constitutional 12 prerogatives and enforcement of the rule of law. 13 The Constitution grants Congress the authority to 14 create, eliminate, and regulate all Federal courts inferior 15 to the Supreme Court. Section 1 of Article III of the Con- 16 stitution provides that ‘‘[t]he Judges, both of the supreme 17 and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good 18 Behavior’’, thereby granting Congress the authority to re- 19 move a judge who fails to remain in good behavior while 20 in office. 21 Through her conduct, in which she violated her oath 22 to the Constitution and duty of impartiality to the people 23 of the United States, Judge Boardman has abused the 24 powers of her judicial authority, having engaged in actions 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:32 Oct 29, 2025 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR818.IH HR818 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 3 •HRES 818 IH that deviate from the law and toward political ideology as 1 follows: 2 (1) On October 3, 2025, Judge Boardman sen- 3 tenced the defendant, Nicholas John Roske, found 4 guilty of attempting to assassinate U.S. Supreme 5 Court Justice Brett Michael Kavanaugh on June 7, 6 2022, to eight years and a lifetime of supervised re- 7 lease instead of the 30-year sentence recommended 8 by the Department of Justice. 9 (2) Roske traveled by aircraft from his home in 10 Simi Valley, California, to Chevy Chase, Maryland, 11 where Justice Kavanaugh resides with his family, re- 12 sulting in his arrest outside of Justice Kavanaugh’s 13 home with a firearm with a laser sight attachment, 14 admitting to wanting to inflict harm. Roske was also 15 equipped with zip ties, a tactical knife, pepper spray, 16 a hammer, a screwdriver, a nail punch, a crowbar, 17 duct tape, a pistol light, and was wearing padded 18 boots to minimize noise. 19 (3) Roske spoke to a Montgomery County emer- 20 gency communication center operator to detail his 21 thoughts while standing outside Justice Kavanaugh’s 22 home. He said that he traveled from California to 23 Maryland ‘‘to kill a specific United States Supreme 24 Court justice’’. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:32 Oct 29, 2025 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR818.IH HR818 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 4 •HRES 818 IH (4) In May and June of 2022, before the at- 1 tempted assassination, Roske’s cell phone history 2 showed repeated internet searches for ‘‘quietest semi 3 auto rifle,’’ ‘‘how to quietly knock someone out,’’ 4 ‘‘most effective place to stab someone,’’ ‘‘most effec- 5 tive way to silently kill someone,’’ ‘‘how much force 6 do you need to stab someone’s neck,’’ ‘‘best way to 7 break into a house,’’ ‘‘how to make handcuffs with 8 zip ties,’’ and ‘‘does the secret service protect su- 9 preme court justices’’. 10 (5) The Department of Justice’s sentencing 11 memorandum of Roske’s detailed how he ‘‘re- 12 searched, planned, and attempted to assassinate at 13 least one—but had a stated target of three—sitting 14 judges of the United States Supreme Court’’. 15 (6) The Department of Justice also noted 16 Roske intended to ‘‘. . . murder up to three justices 17 in total, and try to evade prosecution by leaving no 18 evidence, claiming an insanity defense, or fleeing to 19 a non-extraditing country’’. 20 (7) The Department of Justice outlined Roske’s 21 criminal conduct of attempting to assassination of a 22 Supreme Court Justice required extensive 23 premeditation, as he extensively researched the home 24 addresses of Supreme Court justices and marked 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:32 Oct 29, 2025 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR818.IH HR818 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 5 •HRES 818 IH their homes on Google Maps, obtained weapons and 1 other tools to eventually use them for killing and 2 traveled across the country with those items, and re- 3 searched how to infiltrate private residences without 4 detection. 5 (8) Roske attempted to delete any online evi- 6 dence of motive and intent. 7 (9) Judge Boardman accepted the delusional 8 fiction that Roske—a biological male—has become a 9 woman and then based her sentencing decision on 10 that claim, saying, ‘‘I take into consideration the 11 conditions of pre-trial confinement and the fact that 12 she is a transgender woman,’’ apparently because 13 the pre-trial detention facility in which Roske was 14 confined does not, of course, indulge this fiction. 15 (10) Attorney General Bondi said of Judge 16 Boardman’s decision, ‘‘. . .the judge Boardman also 17 would not refer to the defendant by his biological 18 name’’. 19 (11) Judge Boardman’s indefensibly light sen- 20 tence undermines the gravity of the offense com- 21 mitted by Roske and the assault it represented on 22 our Constitution and the rule of law by targeting a 23 Supreme Court Justice. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:32 Oct 29, 2025 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR818.IH HR818 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 6 •HRES 818 IH (12) Judge Boardman’s sentencing decision is 1 an egregious instance of a judge allowing her ide- 2 ology to subvert the TRUTH—which is irreconcil- 3 able with the bedrock function of the judicial process 4 and violates the constitutional standard for continu- 5 ance in judicial office of ‘‘good behavior.’’ 6 This conduct undermines the orderly functioning of 7 the judiciary by providing an exceptionally low sentence 8 for a defendant who methodically planned to execute mul- 9 tiple assassinations of sitting Supreme Court justices by 10 extensively researching what weapons and tools to procure, 11 researching the home addresses of Supreme Court justices 12 and saving them onto his smart phone, and inquiring how 13 to infiltrate private residences without detection and how 14 to incapacitate and kill individuals. 15 Allowing her personal feelings of Roske identifying as 16 a transgender woman to influence her sentencing decision 17 in her high office, Judge Boardman interfered with the 18 will of the people and Congress that have codified statute 19 to impose appropriate sentences for those who intend to 20 kill Federal judges, ignoring the 30-year sentence rec- 21 ommendation by the Department of Justice. 22 In so doing, Judge Boardman used the powers of her 23 position to engage in actions that undermine judicial au- 24 thority. By making a political decision outside the scope 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:32 Oct 29, 2025 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR818.IH HR818 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 7 •HRES 818 IH of her legal duties, she compromised the impartiality of 1 our judicial system. 2 Wherefore, Judge Deborah Boardman is guilty of 3 high crimes and misdemeanors and of conduct that vio- 4 lates the constitute standard of good behavior, and she 5 should be removed from office. 6 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:32 Oct 29, 2025 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR818.IH HR818 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS