Homeland security chief Mayorkas decries ‘false accusations’ as Republicans consider impeachment articles – live

House Republicans blame the homeland security secretary for mishandling the southern border

It’s not just the homeland security chief Alejandro Mayorkas that House Republicans are going after.

The party is also considering impeaching Joe Biden for alleged corruption, but that effort appears to be on the backburner at the moment, perhaps because lawmakers have not turned up any proof of their allegations. Last month, Republicans held a vote on the House floor to authorize the investigation, months after a disastrous hearing in which their own witnesses said they did not know if the president broke the law. It’s unclear when the House GOP’s next move will occur.

Joe Biden is heading to Miami and Jupiter, Florida, for two campaign events in what Democrats once regarded as a swing state, but where the party has been ailing for the past few years.

Mike Pompeo, the former secretary of state under Donald Trump, and Leon Panetta, the former defense secretary under Barack Obama, will testify before a House committee investigating the Chinese Communist party.

A mysterious subpoena announced yesterday by the House clerk concerns a Democratic lawmaker who allegedly misused government money, Punchbowl News reports. They did not say who the lawmaker is.

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