Posted on 02/28/2023 2:21:18 PM PST by upchuck
A House Republican intent on impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas laid out a list of charges that could be filed against the Cabinet official for his dereliction of duty managing the border.
Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA), a reserve law enforcement officer, cited five Louisiana statutes that he believed the Senate-confirmed official ought to be tried on during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing Tuesday about the record-high number of attempts to enter the United States unlawfully since President Joe Biden took office.
"I know Secretary Mayorkas is watching this or having his team of attorneys watch this. Good becauseover the course of the next year, this committee is going to lay up our case against you, sir," Higgins said.
At the federal level, Higgins said Mayorkas should be charged for breaking 18 U.S. Code 1001 for "knowingly and willfully [having] lied to this body again and again and again about our border."
Higgins said Mayorkas should also face charges for violating Section 242 of Title 18 of U.S. law for having "deprived Americans of their very life."
The Department of Homeland Security defended Mayorkas's work atop the government's third-largest department.
“Secretary Mayorkas is proud to advance the noble mission of this Department, support its extraordinary workforce, and serve the American people," said an official authorized to speak with the media in an email Tuesday afternoon.
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There is a long line of impeachers behind him.
Indeed time to get the pigs out of the water.
He needs his racist as deported while they’re at it. He should never been given that job to begin with but FJB insists on the Brandon Administration being packed with freaks, crooks and nut jobs.
as=@$$.
And like clockwork...the gop ignores criminal biden.
With a Dem controlled senate, good luck getting a conviction.
He will never be held accountable.
We have at least 40 million illegals in this country and we’re paying them.
Biden is the (allegedly) elected Chief Executive Officer of the Executive Branch of government.
Biden swore under oath, on live TV, to enforce the laws of the United States of America.
Everyone else is appointed, and just follows orders from Biden, or from Biden's enforcers.
They should be impeaching someone every day.
Senate doesn’t do convictions. House could appoint a special prosecutor o the IG for Homeland could do so. Lawyers may tell me it can’t be done but possibly also can be assigned to another prosecutor’s office such as a federal district prosecutor or a state AG. Meanwhile this is pressure for him to resign. He wont until the pressure indicates he will be tried.
Biden first
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