Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green (R-TN) spoke with Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo over the weekend about his committee’s plan to introduce impeachment articles against failing Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
Mayorkas “needs to go,” Green said, adding, “He’s derelict in his duty. He’s broken the laws of the United States that have passed Congress. He’s lied to Congress.”
“We’re going to have about three or four hearings in January, and then we’re going to mark up the impeachment articles that have been written,” Green said.
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@RepMarkGreen tells @MariaBartiromo the @HomelandGOP expects to advance impeachment proceedings against DHS Sec Mayorkas in January pic.twitter.com/BKdTp6HTvf
— SundayMorningFutures (@SundayFutures) December 17, 2023
From The Daily Wire:
Just last month, eight Republicans joined with all voting Democrats earlier this month to approve a motion to refer Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-GA) impeachment resolution, which accused Mayorkas of “high crimes and misdemeanors” over his failure to maintain border security, to the homeland security panel.
“There are probably about four or five different members who’ve brought impeachment articles, really rushing the thing to the floor without a due process,” Green said. “And that’s why I think many of those eight voted no. And I have spoken to all eight. Most of them just want a due process to happen. And we have been doing that now for several months. That investigation wraps up this month, and then we will do a proceeding in January.”
Democrats have decried the impeachment push as a “political stunt,”even as they encourage talks about border security and immigration reforms. And in defending Mayorkas, the Department of Homeland Security has derided what a spokesperson called “reckless impeachment charades” by congressional Republicans.
GOP Chairman Lays Out Plan For Mayorkas Impeachment Articles https://t.co/FxaD6E2egV pic.twitter.com/T0SiDnRFwy
— Daily Wire News (@DailyWireNews) December 17, 2023