House Democrat drafts articles of impeachment for Bondi, Patel

A House Democrat has drafted articles of impeachment for Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel.

A source familiar confirmed Rep. Marc Veasey (D-Texas) has drafted the measures after a tweet accusing both of lying.

The articles come as Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) said she would file a motion to strip Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) of her committee assignments.

“If @NancyMace (soon to be a sucker and loser in her governors race) wants to strip @Ilhan of her committees for words  she never said, MANY people are saying we should impeach the incompetent Kash Patel and Pam Bondi for the lies they ACTUALLY TOLD!!” Veasey wrote on X.

It’s unclear when Veasey’s articles might be filed as well as the basis for the impeachment.

His tweet references Bondi’s pledge to release the Epstein files and Patel’s announcement of an arrest in the shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. While the “subject” arrested by Patel was later released, his statements on the matter were factual.

Neither Bondi nor Patel’s office immediately respond to request for comment.

The plans come amid broader efforts on both sides of the aisle to censure different figures on the other – and concerns how censure efforts might escalate.

Democrats withdrew a motion to censure Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) after several GOP members joined Democrats to kill an effort to censure Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.).

The impeachment of a cabinet member has only happened twice in U.S. history. The House voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the first such measure to be taken up in more than 100 years. It was swiftly rejected by the Senate.

Updated at 3:30 p.m. EDT