By News on the Net -- NY Post & Post Millennial——Bio and Archives--April 17, 2024
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The Senate on Wednesday ended the impeachment trial of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, making him the second Cabinet official in history to evade a conviction and removal from office — but the first to be acquitted without evidence being presented of alleged “high crimes and misdemeanors.”
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) convened the upper
chamber in the early afternoon to swear in the 51 Democrats or
independents who caucus with them and 49 Republicans as jurors, before
offering a motion to dismiss the first of the charges without a trial. ---More...
Mitch McConnell: "It's not a proud day in the history of the Senate." pic.twitter.com/Il6hegQOiK
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial)April 17, 2024
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