The GOP Push to Impeach Alejandro Mayorkas

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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🗓️ 30 January 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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A House committee meets to consider impeachment articles against the Homeland Security Secretary for failures at the U.S.-Mexico border. But are these "high crimes and misdemeanors" that merit the first cabinet impeachment in nearly 150 years? Plus, Sen. James Lankford defends his coming border legislation, and the IRS leaker Charles Littlejohn gets five years in prison. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:20.0	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.
0:27.0	House Republicans are set for a committee vote on impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro May Yorkus,
0:36.1	as Congress awaits the arrival of a Senate border deal, plus the IRS tax return leaker
0:41.4	gets five years in prison.
0:43.0	Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.
0:46.3	We are joined today by my colleagues, columnist Kim Strassal and Bill McGurn.
0:52.2	The scene on Tuesday on Capitol Hill is at the House Homeland
0:55.5	Security Committee which is expected to on a party line vote poised to charge
1:01.3	Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkus with refusing to uphold the law.
1:07.0	Let's start with some audio diving right in there.
1:09.5	This is Congressman Mark Green opening the hearing explaining what the House investigation has found.
1:15.6	Our intent was to be fair, comprehensive, and meticulous.
1:19.2	Unlike House Democrats, we take the use of impeachment extremely seriously.
1:24.6	I am proud of the work my Republican colleagues have put in through our five phase investigation.
1:29.3	We have uncovered a lot.
1:31.3	Phase one of our investigation documented multiple laws, court orders, and
1:36.2	rulings that Secretary Mayorkis disregarded, ignored, or abused, and the dozens of
1:42.0	times he has been dishonest with both Congress and the American people.
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