Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski opted to vote ‘present’ while the rest of the senators seemed to follow party lines.
Following the impeachment trial of homeland security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas this afternoon, Chuck Schumer issued a detailed statement.
Schumer, the Democratic Senate majority leader, criticized the trial as the “least legitimate, least substantive, and most politicized” in U.S. history. He expressed his concerns in the Senate and on Facebook.
He argued that the charges against Mayorkas did not meet the criteria of high crimes and misdemeanors, urging Senators to dismiss the charges to maintain the Senate’s integrity.
According to Schumer, using impeachment to settle policy disputes would be a dangerous precedent that could disrupt the balance of power in the government.
Impeachment, he emphasized, should be reserved for rare cases where it is truly necessary, not as a tool for political agendas.
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Published on 2024-04-17 14:49:31