‘A political stunt’: GOP moves to impeach DHS Secretary Mayorkas

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🗓️ 31 January 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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As the fight over the Senate border bill continues, House Republicans are moving forward with efforts to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Meanwhile, Donald Trump is attacking the financial monitor overseeing the Trump Organization in the New York civil fraud trial after she reported errors in his company’s financial filings. Susan Glasser, Victoria DeFrancesco Soto, Matthew Dowd, Katie Benner, Harry Litman, Clint Watts, and Claire Atkins join.

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0:00.0	Tonight House
0:02.0	Republican pushed to oust Secretary Myorcus.
0:05.0	How we got to the brink of impeachment and what it means for the Senate's border bill.
0:10.0	Then Donald Trump lashing out after a court-appointed monitor, found more deficiencies
0:15.8	in his company's finances.
0:18.0	And President Biden's next move in response to the attack that killed three American soldiers, a remembrance of their service and
0:25.6	sacrifice as the 11th hour gets underway on this Tuesday night. Good evening once again. I'm Stephanie Rule. Good to be back here at
0:40.4	MS NBC headquarters in New York City.
0:43.0	Well, right now, House Republicans are moving forward with their push
0:47.0	to impeach a sitting member of President Biden's cabinet.
0:51.0	Their target Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro
0:53.8	Mayorkus, who they say has failed to secure the southern border. House
0:58.3	Republicans accuse him of refusing to enforce federal immigration laws and blocking oversight of DHS.
1:05.0	Keep in mind, this is happening.
1:07.6	Even as many of those same Republicans are openly opposing a bipartisan border security bill that is being
1:15.4	negotiated in the Senate. That bill would also unlock money for Ukraine. But instead of
1:20.5	doing that, tonight,
1:22.6	members of the House Homeland Security Committee
1:24.9	are debating the articles of impeachment
1:27.6	at a meeting that has been underway since this morning.
1:33.0	We have not approached this day or this process lightly.
1:36.0	Secretary Marrakis' actions have forced our hand.
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