House Republicans release articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas
(CNN) — House Republicans on Sunday released two articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, laying out their allegations that the cabinet secretary committed “high crimes and misdemeanors” ahead of a committee vote later this week.
Posted — UpdatedThe first article charges Mayorkas with “willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law” and House Republicans allege in the second article that Mayorkas has “breached the public trust” by allegedly making “false statements.”
The Homeland Security Committee will meet Tuesday to mark up the articles.
The top Democrat on the committee, Rep. Bennie Thompson, pushed back against the unveiled articles and accused the House GOP of “abusing” its impeachment power.
“What is glaringly missing from these articles is any real charge or even a shred of evidence of high crimes or misdemeanors – the Constitutional standard for impeachment. That should come as no surprise because Republicans’ so-called ‘investigation’ of Secretary Mayorkas has been a remarkably fact-free affair,” Thompson said in a statement.
The Department of Homeland Security similarly blasted House Republicans over the articles, calling the upcoming committee vote a “farce” and a “distraction from other vital national security priorities.”
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