The Senate voted Wednesday to dismiss two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, shutting down the possibility of a lengthy Senate trial, which Republicans had demanded to bring attention to the Biden administration’s record on immigration and border security.
It marked the first time in 225 years the Senate voted to immediately dismiss impeachment charges approved by the House instead of holding a floor trial or referring the matter to a special committee to review it.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) argued a trial wasn’t necessary because the House had sent over “the least legitimate, least substantive and most politicized impeachment trial ever in the history of the United States.”
“The charges brought against Secretary Mayorkas fail to meet the high standards of high crimes and misdemeanors. To validate this gross abuse by the House would be a grave mistake and could set a dangerous precedent for the future,” he warned.
The Senate voted to dismiss the charges by sustaining two points of order raised by Schumer asserting that they did not rise “to the level of a high crime or misdemeanor” as required by the Constitution.
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#BREAKING: Senate dismisses Alejandro Mayorkas impeachment without trial https://t.co/hkxjP7mhD1
— The Hill (@thehill) April 17, 2024
Sad to watch WaPo and others treating this like it was a legitimate referral rather than a partisan farce in which Republicans presented exactly zero evidence of high crimes. https://t.co/annFQAKWP9 pic.twitter.com/EGyYzsjiKK
— Dan Froomkin (PressWatchers.org) (@froomkin) April 17, 2024
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