Speaker Mike Johnson on Thursday wrote to Senator Chuck Schumer, the majority leader, demanding that the Senate hold an impeachment trial next month of Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary.
Senators in both parties, who serve as the jury for impeachment trials, have indicated that they do not want to sit through such a proceeding in the case of Mr. Mayorkas, notwithstanding House Republicans’ insistence on it.
The letter rehashed the accusations against the homeland security secretary, with signatories including Representatives Mark E. Green of Tennessee, the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, and Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, who introduced articles of impeachment against Mr. Mayorkas.
There is little doubt that the Senate, which is controlled by Democrats, will side with Mr. Mayorkas.
Leaders are expected to dispense with a trial quickly, either by dismissing the charges immediately or moving to a quick vote in which Republicans have no chance of securing the two-thirds necessary to convict and remove Mr. Mayorkas.
Persons:
Mike Johnson, Chuck Schumer, Alejandro N, Mayorkas, Johnson, ’, Mark E, Green, Marjorie Taylor Greene, ”
Organizations:
Senate, Republicans, Homeland Security Committee, Democrats
Locations:
Tennessee, Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Mexico