The House Judiciary Committee will take early steps to investigate federal judges who have blocked President Donald Trump‘s executive agenda as the president and hard-line House Republicans push for impeachment.

Judges have rarely been removed from the federal bench, and only for criminal acts. But House Republicans are intensifying efforts to oust them for decisions against President Trump.

With several of President Donald Trump’s policies now making their way through the legal system, judges who have ruled against the administration are facing increased threats of violence and impeachment.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has accused some federal judges of trying to "slow-walk" Trump's political agenda.

After a string of legal losses for his administration, President Donald Trump’s call to impeach a federal judge — and an ensuing rebuke by the US Supreme Court chief justice — is laying the groundwork for a deepening clash between the White House and the judiciary.