'It's completely out of bounds': Democrat launches Linda McMahon impeachment effort [View all]
Source: ABC News
June 25, 2026, 8:21 PM
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., on Thursday introduced articles of impeachment against Education Secretary Linda McMahon for attempting to abolish the Department of Education. Though Democrats have been critical of McMahon’s agenda of dismantling the department she leads, Bonamici’s resolution is their first effort to impeach her.
On the House floor Thursday, Bonamici said that McMahon has lied to Congress and she scolded the secretary for making "illegal transfers" of critical Education Department functions to partner agencies.
"It's completely out of bounds," Bonamici told ABC News after her floor speech. "You can't just unilaterally move a program that Congress put at the Department of Education and put it somewhere else," she said.
The articles of impeachment argue that McMahon has shown a "willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law" and that she's breached the public's trust while making false statements before Congress.k k lmiom i
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Secretary McMahon has violated federal law and betrayed students, families, and educators. It’s time for her to go.
— Suzanne Bonamici (@repbonamici.bsky.social) 2026-06-25T16:43:44.912Z
#ImpeachMcMahon
Secretary McMahon’s dismantling of the Department of Education without Congress is ILLEGAL. 🧵
— Suzanne Bonamici (@repbonamici.bsky.social) 2026-06-25T17:48:24.089Z
Today I introduced an impeachment resolution because Secretary McMahon has made it her mission to close down the Department of Education, something she does not have the right to do.
— Suzanne Bonamici (@repbonamici.bsky.social) 2026-06-25T17:48:49.667Z
Students deserve to have an Education Department that supports their futures; parents and educators deserve to have education programs in one agency, not scattered throughout government.
— Suzanne Bonamici (@repbonamici.bsky.social) 2026-06-25T17:49:00.999Z
#ImpeachMcMahon
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