Did a judge put in papers to the congress to impeach trump

1. How impeachment actually starts: a constitutional and procedural reality

The Constitution vests the House of Representatives with the "sole Power of Impeachment," and official guidance about the process makes plain that impeachment is initiated by members of Congress — the House adopts articles and the Senate conducts the trial — not by judges filing paperwork with Congress ^{[4] [5]}.

2. Concrete examples of who filed impeachment papers in recent sessions

Multiple concrete House resolutions filed in the 119th and prior Congresses show members of the House introducing articles against President Trump: Al Green submitted a privileged resolution referenced in a December 2025 filing (H.Res.537 text and a related PDF from his office), Rep. Shri Thanedar publicly announced and filed seven articles in 2025, and other House resolutions (H.Res.353 and historical H.Res.24) are catalogued on Congress.gov as introductions by Representatives, not judges ^{[3] [6] [7] [1] [2]}.

3. Where the confusion probably comes from: judges, rulings, and strong rhetoric

Coverage shows judges appearing in the impeachment conversation because of their rulings or because President Trump targeted judges in public remarks and social posts; for example the Green filing cites Trump’s attacks on judges and reporting describes judges receiving threats after rulings in Trump-related litigation — but those citations reflect why House members argued impeachment was warranted, not that judges themselves filed impeachment papers ^{[1] [3]}.

4. No sourced reporting shows a judge submitting impeachment paperwork to Congress

A review of the documents gathered — Congress.gov listings of House resolutions, the Al Green filing PDF, Rep. Thanedar’s press release, and background explainers on impeachment — finds no instance in which a judge is recorded as filing impeachment papers with Congress; the public record instead attributes filings to House members ^{[3] [6] [1] [2] [4]}. If a judge had formally petitioned Congress to impeach, that act would be novel and would likely appear in the official congressional record or in contemporaneous reporting; those sources do not contain that claim.

5. Alternative explanations and implicit agendas to consider

Misinformation or shorthand summaries can conflate three things — judges ruling against the president, public calls by observers (including judges in some contexts) for accountability, and formal constitutional actions by elected officials — creating the impression that judges initiated impeachment; political actors who want to delegitimize an impeachment effort could deliberately spread that conflation, while proponents might lean on judges’ rulings to justify Congressional action ^{[8] [1]}. The sources here come from Congress.gov entries and House press releases (institutional actors) and therefore reflect formal sponsorship and procedure rather than informal advocacy ^{[3] [2]}.

6. Bottom line and limits of reporting

The documented record shows only members of the House filing articles and resolutions to impeach Donald J. Trump in the cited sessions (examples: H.Res.537, H.Res.353, Al Green’s and Shri Thanedar’s filings) and the constitutional framework and government guidance confirm that impeachment initiation is a congressional prerogative; no sourced material in the provided documents supports the claim that a judge "put in papers to Congress to impeach Trump" ^{[3] [6] [1] [2] [4]}. If a specific judge’s action or a new report is being referenced beyond these documents, it is not present in the reporting supplied and therefore cannot be confirmed here.