The impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was never likely to pass the Senate. Convicting Mayorkas of high crimes and misdemeanors, requiring support from two-thirds of a Democratically controlled chamber, was doomed when two Republicans joined Democrats to strike down the measure’s first vote in the House. It was doomed when the second attempt […]
The impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was never likely to pass the Senate. Convicting Mayorkas of high crimes and misdemeanors, which required support from two-thirds of a Democratic-controlled chamber, was doomed when two Republicans joined Democrats to strike down the measure’s first vote in the House. It was doomed when the second attempt […]
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats successfully voted to dismiss two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday, just hours after the trial formally opened. The speed of the impeachment trial was an embarrassing blow to Republicans who had threatened to gum up the Senate and delay the proceedings in a bid to […]
The Senate voted on party lines to effectively end Alejandro Mayorkas’s impeachment trial. GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski voted “present” on both votes. It caps off a months-long drama that helped spur one House Republican’s resignation. And just like that, it’s over. On Wednesday, Senate Democrats voted to declare as unconstitutional both articles of impeachment against Department […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has voted to dismiss the first of two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the first step in ending its trial on his handling of the the U.S.-Mexico border, Democrats said the article, which charged Mayorkas with “willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law,” is […]
By Richard Cowan, Makini Brice and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The impeachment of President Joe Biden‘s top border official put forward by the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives should be dismissed, Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Wednesday. The House on Tuesday delivered two articles of impeachment charging Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas […]
It’s been more than a month since House Republicans made history by impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. His GOP detractors couldn’t find any evidence of him committing high crimes, but they nevertheless made Mayorkas the first sitting cabinet secretary in American history to impeached. And then, nothing happened. The idea that this was an […]
WASHINGTON — After two months of delay, House Republicans on Tuesday delivered articles of impeachment against Alejandro Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, to the Senate, as they demanded a full trial of the first sitting Cabinet secretary to be impeached by Congress. Constitutional scholars have called the case against Mayorkas groundless, and the Democrats who […]
Apr. 16—WASHINGTON, D.C. — As a House Impeachment Manager, Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) Tuesday transmitted the Articles of Impeachment of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the U.S. Senate. The Articles prove Secretary Mayorkas willfully and systemically refused to comply with the law and breached the public trust. The U.S. Senate is constitutionally […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. Reps. Michael McCaul, R-Austin, August Pfluger, R-San Angelo, and nine other Republican impeachment managers presented the articles of impeachment Tuesday against U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate, urging Democrats to give the secretary a full trial. “We did our job in the House, and I pray that [Senate […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House sent two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate on Tuesday, forcing a trial on allegations that he has “willfully and systematically” refused to enforce immigration laws. While the Senate is obligated to hold a trial under the rules of impeachment once the charges are […]
WASHINGTON — After a weeklong delay, the House of Representatives on Tuesday afternoon will send its articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate, a spokesperson for Speaker Mike Johnson confirmed. It will kick off what’s expected to be a very short trial in the upper chamber — one that could […]