Posted on 02/13/2023 11:27:55 AM PST by SeekAndFind
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has hired outside legal counsel in anticipation of potential impeachment proceedings against DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
“The Department of Homeland Security has retained outside counsel to help ensure the Department’s vital mission is not interrupted by the unprecedented, unjustified, and partisan impeachment efforts by some Members of Congress, who have already taken steps to initiate proceedings,” a DHS spokesperson told The Epoch Times in a Feb. 10 statement.
“DHS will continue prioritizing its work to protect our country from terrorism, respond to natural disasters, and secure our borders while responding appropriately to the over 70 Congressional committees and subcommittees that have oversight of DHS.”
Rep. Pat Fallon (R-Texas) filed three articles of impeachment against Mayorkas on Jan. 10, charging that the DHS secretary had committed “high crimes and misdemeanors” and violated his oath of office by failing to maintain operational control of the border as outlined by the Secure Fence Act of 2006; willfully providing “perjurious, false, and misleading testimony” to Congress; and “slandering” Border Patrol agents by supporting false claims that they had used whips on illegal immigrants.
Last week, Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) introduced his own resolution to impeach Mayorkas, echoing Fallon’s assertion that the DHS chief had been derelict in his duties and adding that his actions had “subverted the will of Congress” and the Constitution.
“Every day Secretary Mayorkas remains in office America becomes less safe,” Biggs contended in a Feb. 1 statement.
“Secretary Mayorkas is the chief architect of the migration and drug invasion at our southern border,” he continued.
“His policies have incentivized more than 5 million illegal aliens to show up at our southern border—an all-time high figure. Instead of enforcing the laws on the books and deporting or detaining these illegal aliens, the vast majority of them are released into the interior and never heard from again.”
Further holding that Mayorkas has allowed deadly drugs like fentanyl to pour across the U.S.–Mexico border, Biggs added: “It’s clear Secretary Mayorkas has committed high crimes and misdemeanors. His conduct is willful and intentional. He is not enforcing the law and is violating his oath of office. For these reasons, Secretary Mayorkas should be impeached.”
Biggs was the first member of Congress to introduce articles of impeachment against Mayorkas in August 2021, though at that time, the Democrats controlled the House. Now that the Republicans hold a slim majority, however, the move may have enough support to proceed.
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Impeach him. Congress can multi-task.
With our tax dollars!??!?!???
Outside counsel to do what, exactly?
Who is paying for this?
Why is the DHS interfering with Congress?
Who do the bureaucrats at DHS think they work for?
Just fire him. Strip him of his rank and break his sword over your knee. Take away his fat taxpayer-funded pension, too!
Quit wasting MY Tax Dollars on stupid shiite WE ALL KNEW was going to be a disaster from Day One of his appointment.
Is this ANY way to run a country? Yeesh!
THE reason these corrupt government Poobahs flaunt the law and the Constitution is they do not have to pay when they get caught!
They do not have to take ANY per$onal re$pon$ibility for their action$ and mi$deed$!
THAT needs to change!
Thanks W for this worthless, anti-American, POS agency.
Why do tax payers have to pay for this traitor’s high price lawyers? Given him a lazy ass public defender like many in the DC Gulag had to use.
They are arguing they don’t want the “vital mission of DHS to be interrupted.”
The vital mission of Department of Homeland Security is being completely ignored right now. There is no homeland security without border enforcement.
If the border is not being protected, there is no “vital mission of DHS.” The entire department needs to be defunded and shut down.
Because taxpayers are stupid. Because the crooks know how to play the Divide and Conquer game so well. The Government makes it too easy for people to get away with doing stupid things. I voted for him because he is handsome. I voted for her because she is hot. Take your pick. Intelligence is a thing of the past.
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