Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security nominee Alejandro Mayorkas, reportedly the subject of an investigation by the DHS inspector general, denied any wrongdoing during a Senate hearing on his nomination to the second-highest post in the department.

“I have never ever in my career exercised undue influence to influence the outcome of a case,” Mayorkas said under questioning from Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., during a Senate Homeland Security subcommittee hearing.

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