Senate Democrats kill impeachment trial of DHS chief Alejandro Mayorkas in unprecedented move

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

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