Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, called Wednesday for the impeachment of U.S. District Judge James Boasberg following revelations that the Obama-appointed judge secretly authorized the Department of Justice to seize private phone records belonging to Cruz and other Republican senators, as reported by The Gateway Pundit.

At a press conference in Washington, Cruz alleged that the Biden administration’s Justice Department, under the direction of former special counsel Jack Smith, subpoenaed his phone records and those of eight other GOP senators as part of an investigation tied to the 2020 election.

BREAKING: Jack Smith SECRETLY SUBPOENAED Ted Cruz’s PERSONAL CELL RECORDS, then CORRUPT Obama Judge BOASBERG GAGGED AT&T from telling him!

Judge Boasberg claimed Cruz would “destroy evidence & threaten NATIONAL SECURITY” if notified.

ZERO proof.

Pure witch hunt.

Corrupt… pic.twitter.com/fcGTFzOC3Q

— Publius (@OcrazioCornPop) October 30, 2025

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He described the effort as a “fishing expedition” that violated constitutional protections.

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“The Biden Justice Department signed off on issuing subpoenas for the phone records of at least nine U.S. senators,” Cruz said.

“Twenty percent of the Republicans in the United States Senate were the target of this fishing expedition. They did so in complete contravention of the Constitution — of separation of powers, of the Speech and Debate Clause, of free speech, of basic rights of privacy.”

Cruz said the subpoena, sent from Jack Smith’s office to AT&T, sought his cell phone communications but that the company’s legal counsel refused to comply.

“AT&T looked at that subpoena and said, ‘You cannot comply because this is protected by the Speech and Debate Clause of the U.S. Constitution,’” Cruz said.

According to Cruz, Judge Boasberg subsequently issued an order barring AT&T from notifying the senators that their phone data had been targeted. The gag order was to remain in place for at least one year.

Boasberg wrote in his order that there were “reasonable grounds to believe that such disclosure will result in destruction of or tampering with evidence, intimidation of potential witnesses, and serious jeopardy to the investigation.”

Cruz said the justification was unfounded. “There is precisely zero evidence to conclude that I am likely to destroy or tamper with evidence or to intimidate potential witnesses,” he said. “This order is an abuse of power. This order is a weaponized legal system.”

Judge Boasberg ordered that I not be informed that my cellphone records had been subpoenaed because he believed that I’d tamper with evidence or intimidate witnesses.

That’s a complete abuse of judicial power, and Boasberg should be impeached. pic.twitter.com/8lcxFnBVs0

— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) October 30, 2025

The Texas senator accused Boasberg of engaging in political retaliation and said his actions constituted “a textbook abuse of Article III authority.” He urged the House of Representatives to begin impeachment proceedings immediately.

“I am right now calling on the House of Representatives to impeach Judge Boasberg,” Cruz said.

“Judge Boasberg put his robe down, stood up, and said, ‘Sign me up to be part of the partisan vendetta against 20% of the Republicans in the Senate.’ That is a dereliction of duty and a violation of the judicial oath.”

Cruz thanked Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Ron Johnson, R-Wis., for pursuing details of the subpoenas and vowed to hold all responsible parties accountable.

“We are going to get the answers of every person who signed off on this abuse of power — and mark my words, there will be accountability for these zealots who wanted to corrupt the Department of Justice and the judiciary,” Cruz said.

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