Home Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) despatched a letter to Senate Democratic Majority Chief Chuck Schumer (D-NY) stating that articles of impeachment towards Homeland Safety Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas shall be offered to the Senate on April 10.
Johnson known as for the trial to be scheduled “rapidly.”
Final month, the Home voted to question Mayorkas for “excessive crimes and misdemeanors, together with his willful and systematic refusal to obey the regulation and breach of public belief,” the paper mentioned.
“The constitutional grounds for convicting and eradicating Secretary Mayorkas from workplace are well-founded and the historic report is evident,” Johnson added. “The framers of our Structure gave Congress this energy for situations the place govt department officers, who’re answerable for finishing up legal guidelines enacted by Congress, disregard the regulation and substitute their very own judgment for the judgment of Congress.”
“We urge you to meet your constitutional responsibility to carry this trial. The American individuals demand a safe border, an finish to this disaster, and accountability for these accountable,” the letter mentioned. “To submit articles of impeachment with out ever listening to a single argument or reviewing the proof can be a violation of our constitutional order and an affront to the American individuals all of us serve.”
The letter was signed by Johnson, Home Homeland Safety Committee Chairman Mark Inexperienced (R-TN), International Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Reps. Andy Biggs (R-AX), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Ben Cline (R-VA), Michael Visitor (R-TX), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), August Pfluger (R-TX), Harriet Hageman (R-WY and Laurel Lee ( R-FL).
The Home voted 214 to 213 in February to question Mayorkas.
After the vote, the White Home launched an announcement saying, “Historical past is not going to look kindly on Home Republicans for his or her blatant act of unconstitutional partisanship that focused a revered public official to play petty political video games.”
“Homeland Safety Secretary Mayorkas, a Cuban immigrant who got here to america together with his household as political refugees, has spent greater than 20 years serving America with distinction in a distinguished profession in regulation enforcement and public service. From his time on the Division of Justice as a U.S. legal professional to his service as Assistant Secretary and now Secretary of Homeland Safety, he has faithfully upheld the rule of regulation and demonstrated a deep dedication to the values that make our nation nice.
Biden known as the impeachment a “political stunt.”
“This impeachment has already failed as soon as on a bipartisan vote. As an alternative of pulling political stunts like this, Republicans with real issues in regards to the border ought to need Congress to offer extra border assets and stronger border safety.”
