Forty-three Senate Republicans demand Schumer hold full Mayorkas impeachment trial

Published April 11, 2024 7:48pm ET



Nearly the entire Republican conference is calling on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to ensure a full impeachment trial is held for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as the House prepares to transmit the articles of impeachment over to the Senate next week.

In a letter sent to Schumer, 43 GOP senators led by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) urged the Senate to “uphold its constitutional responsibility to properly adjudicate the House of Representatives’ impeachment of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.”

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