Posted on 01/03/2024 9:02:48 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Joe Biden already faces a formal impeachment inquiry amid mounting evidence of influence-peddling and bribery, but he may not be the only member of his administration at risk of removal.
According to a new report from Punchbowl News, the House Homeland Security Committee, which completed its investigation of Mayorkas in December, has determined it has grounds to proceed with impeachment hearings. Hearings are scheduled to begin on January 10, with a potential second hearing the following week.
Mayorkas has been a target for impeachment over his mishandling of the southern border. After inheriting a secure perimeter, the Biden administration instituted open-border policies, creating a humanitarian and security crisis. Within months of Biden taking office, there were reports of overflowing migrant facilities and immigrant children being kept in deplorable conditions and reportedly sexually assaulted. This crisis has also seen a huge influx of fentanyl crossing the border and an unknown number of migrant children being sex trafficked.
Mayorkas has repeatedly denied there’s a crisis at the border. On his watch, migrant encounters at the southern border reached unprecedented levels.
In addition to the border crisis, Mayorkas punished Border Patrol agents over whippings he knew never actually happened. He has been accused of lying under oath to Congress. Mayorkas has refused to resign despite multiple calls to do so. If he does get impeached, it would be the first impeachment of a Cabinet official since Secretary of War William Belknap in 1876.
It’s been very plain that it is entirely up to the Republican Party to hold him accountable.
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A previous attempt to begin impeachment proceedings against Mayorkas failed in November when Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) proposed a vote without the customary hearing or committee markup. Had the resolution passed, it would have expedited the impeachment process, sending the case directly to the Senate for a trial, but eight Republicans sided with Democrats against impeaching him.
While Republicans appear more ready now to impeach Mayorkas, it will be difficult. Republicans will only have a two-vote majority thanks to the recent expulsion of Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) and the forthcoming retirement of Rep. Bill Johnson (R-Ohio) in a few weeks. Assuming all Democrats will oppose impeachment, the entire GOP caucus will have to be unified against Mayorkas. Perhaps the best thing Republicans have going for them is that the border crisis has turned the immigration issue, once a Democratic advantage, in favor of Republicans.
Throw in treason while they’re at it.
What a waste of time and money! I say just take Mymucus out and hang him from the neck till he is dead!
Impeachment is a badge of honor to Democrat voters. Meanwhile Republicans do nothing at all about voter fraud.
MAY is the operative word. Unlikely given the nearly ungovernable GOP House.
Monkeys MAY fly out of my butt.
Of course, you mean ‘after he is indicted, tried, convicted and sentenced’ lest Mayorkas and the DOJ charge you with ‘insurrection.’ :0)
[Actually not kidding. They are evil enough to start persecuting for peoples’ thoughts. You can see that from the J6 Pogrom]
I tend to watch the local CBS affiliate for local weather and news. Often I watch some of the CBS Mornings show before I switch to FOX. Today Tony Dokoupil interviewed seating ling Mayorkis. In a stunning surprising turn of events, Tony was actually fair and balanced and held Mayorkis to the facts. Mayorkis just lied, blamed Congress, and lied some more. If he doesn't get impeached, there is no justice.
Dokoupil interviewed sweating lying Mayorkis
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