Alejandro Mayorkas dismisses impeachment process as ‘politically motivated’ in letter to Republican committee chair
A House committee convened Tuesday to consider two articles of impeachment against the homeland security secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, who attacked Republicans’ accusations against him as “false”, “baseless” and “inaccurate”.
In a letter sent to the Republican chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security just hours before the markup hearing began, Mayorkas dismissed the impeachment process as “politically motivated”. House Republicans have presented no clear evidence that Mayorkas committed high crimes and misdemeanors, which is the requirement for impeachment, but their resolution accuses the cabinet secretary of refusing to comply with the law and breaching public trust.