Constitutional scholars are questioning whether the Senate was within its authority to deem the House's articles of impeachment unconstitutional and forego a trial for President Biden's border chief.
By Richard Cowan, Makini Brice and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-majority U.S. Senate on Wednesday dismissed impeachment charges against President Joe Biden's top border official,
The Senate on Wednesday dismissed both charges brought by House Republicans against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas just as his impeachment trial was getting underway in the 100-member body.
Republicans will argue that Democratic senators dispensing with the trial of the homeland security secretary shows they aren’t serious about the border. But they were again undercut by their own.
Republican-led efforts to oust Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas met an anticlimactic but predictable fate Wednesday as the Senate swiftly sidelined charges against him.
Republicans warned their Democratic colleagues that they will have to answer for their impeachment trial votes at the ballot box in November as they look to hold on to their Senate seats.