Rep. Marjorie Greene filed articles of impeachment on Friday against U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland for "endangering, compromising, and undermining the justice system of the United States by facilitating the persecution of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.'s, political rival, Donald J. Trump."
"What they've been doing to President Trump is political persecution," Greene said.
"Merrick Garland has abused his position of power as the attorney general to politically persecute Joe Biden's enemies. And the whole purpose of this is to prevent President Trump from ever being able to hold office."
"I'm introducing articles of impeachment on Merrick Garland because we cannot tolerate this in America, where our great institutions are welded and abused in such a way to defeat people's political enemies. That's not what this is for, and it should never exist."
On Thursday, Garland announced he "personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant" of Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence.
Greene cited Garland's approval as a "blatant attempt to persecute a political opponent."
"Garland has failed to uphold his oath and has instead overseen a denigration of the principles of our democratic republic by politicizing the Department of Justice, and utilizing the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a Federal police force to punish or intimidate anyone who questions or opposes the current regime," she said in her articles of impeachment.
A two-thirds majority vote is needed for the conviction of Garland. Democrats currently have the majority in Congress.
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