Schumer expected to move quickly to dismiss Mayorkas impeachment
by Alexander Bolton - 04/04/24 6:00 AM ET
Senate aides say they expect Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to immediately dismiss the impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas after the House impeachment managers present them next week.
One Senate GOP aide said Schumer is expected to schedule a vote on a motion to dismiss or a motion to table the charges.
Schumer also could refer the matter to a special evidentiary committee, but Senate Democrats worry that doing so could help validate the two counts against Mayorkas, which Schumer has panned as “a sham” and “absurd.”
A Senate GOP aide who requested anonymity to discuss the sensitive matter said Mayorkas’s impeachment won’t take up much time on the Senate floor.
“There’s not going to be a trial. I don’t think we’ll even get a resolution” to govern the floor process, said the aide.
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