{"id":28251,"date":"2024-04-16T11:20:34","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T11:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/04\/16\/house-to-send-mayorkas-impeachment-articles-to-senate-forcing-a-trial\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:09:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:09:17","slug":"house-to-send-mayorkas-impeachment-articles-to-senate-forcing-a-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2024\/04\/16\/house-to-send-mayorkas-impeachment-articles-to-senate-forcing-a-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"House to send Mayorkas impeachment articles to Senate, forcing a trial"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(AP) \u2014 House Speaker Mike Johnson says he is sending impeachment charges against <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/alejandro-mayorkas\">Alejandro Mayorkas<\/a> to the Senate on Tuesday, forcing senators to convene a trial on the allegations that the Homeland Security secretary has \u201cwillfully and systematically\u201d refused to enforce existing immigration laws. But the proceedings may not last long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the Senate is obligated to convene a trial under the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/mayorkas-impeachment-senate-border-a3db11783bbcb197e3e30a3ebad26ed6\">rules of impeachment<\/a> once the charges are walked across the Capitol, Democrats are expected to try to dismiss or table the charges before the arguments get underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/leadership\/2024\/04\/05\/take-our-poll-what-issues-in-the-2024-elections-matter-most-to-feds\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1804442847.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Take our poll: What issues in the 2024 elections matter most to feds?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Our latest reader survey asks feds what issues they\u2019re tracking mostly closely come Nov. 5.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Majority Democrats have said the GOP case against Mayorkas doesn\u2019t rise to the \u201chigh crimes and misdemeanors\u201d laid out as a bar for impeachment in the Constitution, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., likely has enough votes to end the trial immediately if he decides to do so. The proceedings will not begin until Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Opening the Senate for the week, Schumer said he wants to \u201caddress this issue as expeditiously as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cImpeachment should never be used to settle a policy disagreement,\u201d Schumer said. \u201cThat would set a horrible precedent for the Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senators will be sworn in Wednesday as jurors, turning the chamber into the court of impeachment. The Senate will then issue a summons to Mayorkas to inform him of the charges and ask for a written answer. He will not have to appear in the Senate at any point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What happens after that is is unclear. Impeachment rules generally allow the Senate to decide how to proceed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018The House demands a trial\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republicans have argued there should be a full trial. As Johnson signed the articles Monday in preparation for sending them across the Capitol, he said Schumer should hold a trial to \u201chold those who engineered this crisis to full account.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSenator Schumer is the only impediment to delivering accountability for the American people,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cPursuant to the Constitution, the House demands a trial.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The House <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/house-mayorkas-impeachment-vote-border-security-80cbd5bbb8f512c6814f155f825a1214\">narrowly voted<\/a> in February to impeach Mayorkas for his handling of the border. House Republicans charged in two articles of impeachment that Mayorkas has not only refused to enforce existing law but also breached the public trust by lying to Congress and saying the border was secure. It was the first time in nearly 150 years a Cabinet secretary was impeached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since then, Johnson has delayed sending the articles to the Senate for weeks while both chambers finished work on <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/congress-shutdown-budget-speaker-johnson-85dc1e93f6c49c154c02a166d0e8e784\">government funding<\/a> legislation and took a two-week recess. Johnson had said he would send them to the Senate last week, but <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/mayorkas-impeachment-house-speaker-johnson-border-534cbf59e92c9cf141bba1ff38dc01cf\">punted again<\/a> after Senate Republicans said they wanted more time to prepare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South Dakota Sen. John Thune, the Senate\u2019s No. 2 Republican, has said the Senate needs to hold a full trial where it can examine the evidence against Mayorkas and come to a final conclusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is an absolute debacle at the southern border,\u201d Thune said. \u201cIt is a national security crisis. There needs to be accountability,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Schumer could call a vote to table the charges and end the trial as soon as Wednesday. Before a vote to dismiss, though, a group of House managers \u2014 members who act as prosecutors and are appointed by the speaker \u2014 will walk the articles across the Capitol and deliver the impeachment charges to be read on the Senate floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green, a Tennessee Republican who is one of the impeachment managers, said earlier this month that he believes Democrats \u201chave failed to meet the moment when it comes to ending this crisis and resolving the chaos at our borders.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cConducting an impeachment trial represents a unique opportunity to correct course,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other impeachment managers appointed by Speaker Johnson are Michael McCaul of Texas, Andy Biggs of Arizona, Ben Cline of Virginia, Andrew Garbarino of New York, Michael Guest of Mississippi, Harriet Hageman of Wyoming, Clay Higgins of Louisiana, Laurel Lee of Florida, August Plfuger of Texas and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the jurors are sworn in, Senate Republicans are likely to try to raise a series of objections if Schumer calls a vote to dismiss or table, an effort to both protest and delay the move. But ultimately they cannot block a dismissal if majority Democrats have the votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Constitutional test<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While most Republicans oppose quick dismissal, some have hinted they could vote with Democrats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, said last week he wasn\u2019t sure what he would do if there were a move to dismiss the trial. \u201cI think it\u2019s virtually certain that there will not be the conviction of someone when the constitutional test has not been met,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, Romney said he wants to at least express his view that \u201cMayorkas has done a terrible job, but he\u2019s following the direction of the president and has not met the constitutional test of a high crime or misdemeanor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In any case, Republicans would not be able to win the support of the two-thirds of the Senate that is needed to convict and remove Mayorkas from office. Democrats control the Senate, 51-49, and they appear to be united against the impeachment effort. Not a single House Democrat supported it, either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat who is facing a tough reelection bid in Ohio, called the impeachment trial a \u201cdistraction,\u201d arguing that Republicans should instead support a bipartisan border compromise they scuttled earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cInstead of doing this impeachment \u2014 the first one in 100 years \u2014 why are we not doing a bipartisan border deal?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If Democrats are not able to dismiss or table the articles, they could follow the precedent of several impeachment trials for federal judges over the last century and hold a vote to create a trial committee that would investigate the charges. While there is sufficient precedent for this approach, Democrats may prefer to end the process completely, especially in a presidential election year when immigration and border security are top issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the Senate were to proceed to an impeachment trial, it would be the third in five years. Democrats impeached former President Donald Trump twice, once over his dealings with Ukraine and a second time in the days after the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/2021-united-states-capitol-riot\">Jan. 6, 2021, attack<\/a> on the Capitol. The Senate acquitted Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-ap-top-news-ut-state-wire-acquittals-politics-93c85dcfb0e6b2185391965e77ebea51\">both<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-capitol-siege-riots-trials-impeachments-b245b52fd7d4a079ae199c954baba452\">times<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At a trial, senators would be forced to sit in their seats for the duration, maybe weeks, while the House impeachment managers and lawyers representing Mayorkas make their cases. The Senate is allowed to call witnesses, as well, if it so decides, and can ask questions of both sides after the opening arguments are finished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mayorkas told reporters last week he was not focused on the Senate proceedings. 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