The Senate voted to dismiss articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday, the first time the chamber has exonerated a public official without holding a trial or reviewing evidence. Democrats said the two articles against Mr. Mayorkas were mundane “policy differences” that fell short of the Constitution’s demand for high crimes […]
Senate Democrats on Wednesday derailed the impeachment articles against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas by deeming them unconstitutional. Along party lines and without debate, the two charges related to mishandling illegal immigration at the southern border were rapidly dismissed within roughly three hours of the commencement of the Senate impeachment trial. All 51 senators of […]
The House delivered articles impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate on Tuesday, kicking off what is expected to be an abbreviated process that Democrats have vowed will end in acquittal. Rep. Mark Green of Tennessee led 10 fellow Republicans in marching the two articles across the Capitol and reading the 19-page indictment […]
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was repeatedly pressed Tuesday on whether a terrorist attack is imminent in the U.S. but he declined to say, instead assuring lawmakers he is “vigilant.” Mr. Mayorkas, speaking just before the start of Senate impeachment proceedings against him, also wouldn’t say whether people on the government’s terrorist watchlist have been […]
The Senate this week will take up impeachment articles against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and the White House is weighing in, calling the proceedings a “complete waste of time.” Ian Sams, a White House spokesman, pointed to constitutional law experts who have largely panned the impeachment as lacking constitutional teeth, and he said that […]
Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn lamented Sunday plans by her Democrat colleagues to effectively dismiss the two articles of impeachment passed by the House against Department of Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas. The Tennessee senator said Americans should be “incensed.” “What we’re hearing is for the first time ever in our nation’s history, Chuck Schumer is […]
Two articles of impeachment passed by the House against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas will be delivered to the Senate on April 10 after Congress returns from Easter recess, Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday. The move will formally kick off the next step of the impeachment process against Mr. Mayorkas, who Republicans accuse […]
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan subpoenaed Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Wednesday for immigration enforcement records, saying officials have ignored his requests. The Ohio Republican informed Mr. Mayorkas in a letter that information he demanded from Immigration and Customs Enforcement last November, after they couldn’t provide answers during transcribed interviews, has […]
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was jetting to the border with President Biden on Thursday when the House Judiciary Committee announced it had slapped him with a subpoena demanding information on why his agents have been messing with Texas’s border solutions. Panel Chairman Jim Jordan said he’s been trying for months to get the information […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Green on Wednesday announced that he won’t run for a fourth term, pointing to the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas just the day before as among the reasons it is “time for me to return home.” “Our country – and our Congress – is broken […]
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