House Republicans won’t send the Senate articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for a possible trial until next week, as fears grow that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer could bring proceedings to a close before they even begin.
House Republicans won’t send the Senate articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for a possible trial until next week, as fears grow that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer could bring proceedings to a close before they even begin.
“To ensure the Senate has adequate time to perform its constitutional duty, the House will transmit the articles of impeachment to the Senate next week,” said Taylor Haulsee, a spokesman for House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.).
“There is no reason whatsoever for the Senate to abdicate its responsibility to hold an impeachment trial.”
House Republicans impeached Mayorkas in February — on the second try after not having enough votes on the first — for failing to enforce federal immigration law and lying to Congress about the US border being “secure.”
Those two articles had been scheduled for Wednesday delivery to the Senate, Johnson announced last week, but Republicans — including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.
